I have seen plenty of badly worn out release bearings that still worked as far as allowing the clutch to release. Something other than an undetected worn bearing happened here, I'd say. In any case, he did not supply the part being blamed and if that part was at fault, you should expect to pay. Saying the release bearing "let go" tells us nothing about what really went wrong. I would first suspect that the bearing was installed improperly, such that it's retaining clips were not put in the proper position to hold it in place. Then the bearing rotated out of position enough to come off the one side of the release fork and into a low spot on the other side. Do you have the "bad" bearing? Are the 2 retaining clips intact? Does the bearing part still spin? Mark Christopher Gronski wrote: > ......... He had to pull the transmission again to troubleshoot the > problem which turned out to be that the release bearing had let go. He > swears up and down that he inspected the part before reusing it and it > was fine. It is scored on one side (kind of half moon like). > ................. |
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