eff Oreilly's!!

[crapstang]

Well, I previously said "Fuck broreally's and vatozone for difficult to access parts."

Sure enough, my brother's '99 suffered a failure due to their cheap china parts that are assembled by a starving 8 year old kid in a sweat shop.

I installed the new steeda quadrant, cable, and firewall adjuster a few minutes ago. We put this in just to eliminate the easy things first (For those of you who don't know, it had a bad chirping sound and the thing wouldn't go into gear....after having a new throwout bearing and pilot bearing installed)
Once it was put in and adjusted, the thing sounded healthy, and the chirping greatly reduced. I took it on a test drive around the "country" block (about 1 mile). Suddenly, the poor transmission screamed "RAPE!!!" and red hot bearings came jingling out of the clutch fork hole....

The car was not going into gear and it sounded horrible, so I pushed in the clutch....it was useless. Pieces of the throwout bearing kept falling out, so I started the car up in gear and granny shifted home.

The end.


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The only way to replace a throwout bearing on a mod motor with BBK LT headers is to pull the motor...correct?

[scootro]

who installed the bearings?

[80coupe]

who installed the bearings?

Exactly.

[crapstang]

who installed the bearings?

A mechanic friend of David. He's a great guy and knows his stuff

[lowthreeohz]

who installed the bearings?

Probably the guy who forgot the dowels.

[UserX]

I refuse to buy Chinese auto parts.

[scootro]

A mechanic friend of David. He's a great guy and knows his stuff

that sucks! i'd give you shit but i've been there too

[crapstang]

I refuse to buy Chinese auto parts.

x2

[Sean88gt]

Probably the guy who forgot the dowels.

My first thought as well.

[talisman]

It's a flip of the coin these days with quality. If you find something better, chances are it is luck, not brand. Goes for quite a few parts on the shelf.

[91CoupeMike]

Some ive noticed are made from plastic, and if you catch one that's been on the shelf a while it's made from metal. Also most of the ones found in the clutch kits are metal, and the individual timken or housebrand is a random like talisman posted.

If you would have got on latemodel and gotten the ford racing from the get go, like suggested you wouldn't be in this boat.

I have a timken (metal) throwout bearing in my car, and it's been good for over a year now. If I ever need another it will be a ford one.

If you turds need help pulling motor, or loosening the LT I'll help you guys out.

[beefed88]

You do have access to good parts at those stores. Timken or federal for bearings. And I would assume one of those companies make the Oem parts for ford.

[91CoupeMike]

You do have access to good parts at those stores. Timken or federal for bearings. And I would assume one of those companies make the Oem parts for ford.

From what I've gathered timken is oem for GM.

I could be wrong, but timken is good stuff. I use/recommend it over the duralast.

I work at the zone.

[YALE]

I refuse to buy Chinese auto parts.

Not likely.

[Baba Ganoush]

Like talisman said, it's really a crap shoot nowadays. Even with identical part numbers and manufacturers, you get two different parts. A large majority of remanufactured come from Mexico, and aren't all that bad.

I've had better luck with local chain stores than Dallas Mustang. They sell the cheapest shit, and 2 out of 3 times a part is junk out of the box, regardless of manufacturer or origin. They must get the shit end of the stick from all their suppliers.