Having had a transmission apart, I can attest that resting you hand on the
gear shift lever causes the shift fork to ride on the gear. Once the fork
is worn, the gears often are not fully engaged, which leads to them popping
out of gear. I don't see how this could affect the throw out bearing at
all.
The clutch assembly is seriously under-engineered from the beginning, and is
just one more good reason to convert to Nissan components. The carbon face
is always in contact with the pressure plate surface as there is no pull-off
spring incorporated in the design. If still available, I had good luck with
the roller bearing setup, but then of course, the next weakest link is the
clutch plate itself, which is usually worn down to the rivets about the same
time the carbon bearing self destructs. QH components seemed to hold up
pretty well, but again, probably not much more than about 25-30k miles of
spirited driving, or about every two years as I recall.
David R.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kirk Hargreaves
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 9:48 AM
To: kgb at frontiernet.net
Cc: Spridgets
Subject: [Spridgets] Resting Hand on Gear Shift = Less T Bearing Life
This must be my problem as I always keep my hand on the gear shift. I do
not start the car in gear . . nor do I keep my foot on the clutch at stop
lights.
But I go through them way too often. . about once a year. I drive my 59
1275 just about every day around town.
But if a BMC mechanic stated that keeping your hand on the gear shift has a
negative effect I will stop doing it and just let the thing rattle as it
wants to do.
Anyone else have an idea as to why keeping your hand on the gearshift would
cause pre-mature wear? I tend to see it as does Rick Fisk. . no
correlation unless there is something to do with the shifting forks or?
Kirk
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