I have now covered 6,000 miles in my car, done a few track days and the trip to the Classic Le Mans a few months ago. I also did Bruntingthorpe a few weeks back where I really did give the car some stick - lets just say I was getting the back end out !
Whilst testing out a few adjustments I had made to the car a few days back I had an unusual noise appear just as the clutch is about to bite. It operates fine and the gears all work and engage fine, just this odd noise. I have a standard Mustang style clutch and flywheel and the one-piece Tornado bellhousing. Anyway I decided to investigate today and discovered that the thrust bearing seems to have collapsed a bit and melted the plastic type backing behind it. Having spoken to Brian McGee he seemed to think this was the same problem that Ian O'Riley had at the classic 2 years back and Chris Cole would be the man to contact and get an uprated item. I called Chris and one is now in the post.
I'm just curious if this is an issue anybody else has come across ? Another thought Brian had was that maybe the bearing isn't fully disengaging and rotating the bearing all the time - this could cause problems over time and the bearing wouldn't last too long. Anyway thanks Brian for the advice and please post if anybody has seen this before.
Whilst testing out a few adjustments I had made to the car a few days back I had an unusual noise appear just as the clutch is about to bite. It operates fine and the gears all work and engage fine, just this odd noise. I have a standard Mustang style clutch and flywheel and the one-piece Tornado bellhousing. Anyway I decided to investigate today and discovered that the thrust bearing seems to have collapsed a bit and melted the plastic type backing behind it. Having spoken to Brian McGee he seemed to think this was the same problem that Ian O'Riley had at the classic 2 years back and Chris Cole would be the man to contact and get an uprated item. I called Chris and one is now in the post.
I'm just curious if this is an issue anybody else has come across ? Another thought Brian had was that maybe the bearing isn't fully disengaging and rotating the bearing all the time - this could cause problems over time and the bearing wouldn't last too long. Anyway thanks Brian for the advice and please post if anybody has seen this before.