TRF's is $30. more for a spring and dowels - I can do better for a lot less.
Oh, and I'll be using the Gunst.
-jimb
Kai M. Radicke wrote:
>I installed a BPNW bearing a few weeks ago, in a friend's TR6 in CT, and it
>audibly squeaked all the time except when the clutch pedal was pressed (and
>load was then applied to the bearing). I ended up copying the spring and
>strap setup from a Gunst kit I had in the shop and installed it on the car
>with the BPNW setup... the squeak went away.
>
>The more I get into this subject of the Gunst spring, the more I want to
>stay away from even the Gunst bearing, even though it is the highest quality
>bearing on the market. No one is giving an answer that agrees, Gunst says
>the bearing should be preloaded and spinning all the time, the manufacturer
>does not.
>
>So if you buy the BPNW bearing, and it squeaks, you are kind of left looking
>for solution to stop the noise... the solution is obviously the spring and
>strap, which they do not include. But as I mentioned in a previous email
>about the Gunst bearing, no one knows the life span of these bearings, the
>most accumulated miles I know of on one of these bearings is about 10k
>miles... which is not much. I do not want to hear about failures in a few
>years because either the bearing should be preloaded or is not preloaded,
>and no one can agree.
>
>Kai
>
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>Kai M. Radicke
>Wishbone Classics
>www.wbclassics.com
>Ph: 215.945.7250
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