Reply to "Big Block Ford Hydraulic Throwout Bearing"

bosswrenchMember

Matt, FWIW your McLeod throwout mechanism looks very similar to the Tilton assembly I've been using since 1992. Tilton supplied these with threaded aluminum front bearing retainers only for T-10s, Muncies and Jericho trannys for dirt track racing, so I built a billet ZF retainer and got the system to work with a 351-C. My problem was exactly opposite: with a stock clutch, flywheel & bellhousing, I had almost no 'spare' room between the outer end of the Tilton and the ZF bearing retainer, when things were adjusted per specs. Are you running a stock Ford motor-protection plate between the block & ZF? That plate introduces 0.190" more length to the system. If you felt confident the clutch would NEVER blow, you could dispense with the plate & suck the ZF & throwout in that much closer. Or just have someone make you a longer threaded front retainer.

1/22/1212:18 AM

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