Hi I am having a problem with throw out bearings. I recently had a new clutch installed last summer after having a lot of rattling noises from my throw out bearing, all done professionally. After a long brutal winter and driving the car car the rattling bearing noise is back with a vengeance. My transmission guy said it is from leaving the car sit and not driving it and the grease runs out of it causing the noise. I need to put another one in i guess. How do I stop this from happening again? Winter is coming and I don't feel like going through this again. This car will soon be for sale and I dont want this hassle when dealing with a potential buyer. Thank in advance for your help. The people here are the best!!!! Thank You Chuck
As a professional mechanic, Your first comment speaks volumes to me. There couldn't EVER have been any truth to this suggestion that "the grease runs out"
... I found the clutch anti rattle spring in two pieces while the other spring seems to be long gone.
Maybe he didn't know how to do it, I cannot say...but finding the fulcrum spring in two pieces suggests to me that either it was damaged already, usually from handling (not understanding how to disengage it) or it was not connected correctly.
It would be an awful situation if your Transmission Guy did whatever he did, or didn't do again the same way. I know I had a very difficult time figuring these turkeys out the first few I worked on many years ago and since they are today a very uncommon animal, this tells me (without knowing this transmission guy) that he made some of the same mistakes I did before I figured them out.
Just like you learned here how it is supposed to go, this guy needs to learn also or you are likely to get the same results. If he hadn't used the line "the grease is coming out" I would probably have trusted this guy...but that never sounded right and I have been doing these cars for 40 years now. I just think he didn't snap in the spring clip and the other spring on the adjuster got lost somewhere. Either way, a "Transmission Guy" should have known better IMHO (OK, not so humble, but replace the "H" for "HONEST")
In any event, if you use the same guy again or not, once these fulcrum springs are installed correctly, the installer will know they are correct. The fork should ride firmly against the fulcrum/ The wire spring will hold it snuggly in place when it is correct.
Richard