New Owner, 70' Fasty

wdollie6 · Post by **wdollie6** » Mon Nov 25, 2024 2:57 pm

A long time no post. A month or so ago my Chinese made throw out bearing went kaput after 450 miles, amazing! Kknew it was coming, and to be fair when Colin told me it would get me through the fall he was right. The good news is that as soon as I heard the cruel noise I immediately stopped, got a ride home and grabbed my truck and tow dolly and brought the Fasty home. Unfortunately smacked the lower part of the front apron and yeah, some more body work to do...

The damage to the throw out bearing was complete, see picture below. It was locked solid and several pieces of it and the remains of the spring clips were in the bottom of the housing. Apparently the circ-clip on the shaft had popped out of its slot and the entire shaft had slid towards the drivers side. As I looked at it closer it appears that at some point that the bores for the bushings had been over-sized, when I originally replaced the throw out bearing everything else had looked okay. The smaller bushing was completely worn out and was much shorter, with a larger ID (see picture comparing to kit bushing). Had to shorten an easy out to pull it out of the bore. The drivers side bushing was also over-sized and has a very thin outer layer over the main bronze bushing (see pictures).

I ended up reclaiming the large bushing and after polishing and cleaning up it fit snugly but slid into place. The smaller bushing was completely shot so I ended up ordering custom bushings, 14mmx18mmx 20mm od , should have them (had to order four) in a few days. Believe it or not there is a company in MI, BronzeBushings.com that I was very impressed with regards to product and service provided, when I had a problem ordering from the website they provided outstanding support.

Hopefully the pictures will provide a better understanding.