Throw out bearing/ clutch fork

Grayble 123

Grayble 123

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I’ve been fighting “clutch chatter” since I bought my ‘51 coupe back in the fall. I older gentleman I bought it from purchased it from a friend of his and said the friend replace the clutch. When bought the car it had terrible chatter. I resurfaced the flywheel and replaced throw out bearing, pressure plate and disk. Which no change to the chatter. But at the time shoebox central was out of the hubs so I reused the old one. The hub had a damaged clip. Finally found a hub and bearing combo on eBay. So this afternoon I removed the transmission the old bearing and hub was trashed. When I tried to install the new hub/bearing it seems a little wider than the fork tips. My question is has anyone else had the same issue? I’m wondering if I the clutch fork I have is the wrong one. Or does everyone have to modify the clips to make them fit?
 
I’m hoping someone with better memory than me chimes in but I’ll go out on a limb and say you bought an early (large) throw out bearing and carrier . They changed sizes in 49 I think . All earlier (?) will be larger than the 49 up .
 
Well that’s what I’m afraid of. They sent me the wrong part and now I’m down until I can find the right one. Everybody that carries the bearing hub combination is out of stock.
 
It's probably not much help, but if all else fails, I believe I have an extra in my shop in Minnesota. Unfortunately, I'm in Florida until the middle of May.:(

As always, a good source for oddball stuff like this is our own Fred Wilner at "Southside Obsolete", "barnfind08" on this forum. Have you tried "Third Gen Automotive"?
 
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