[DMCForum] Re: throw-out bearing replacement

["ryanpwright" <yahoo1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Agreed. If you've got to dig the transmission out, might as well
replace everything you can. This is a job that will NOT be fun to
repeat in another 6 months when something else goes out (and it will). 

-Ryan

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tmpintnl@xxxx wrote:
> 
> Walt - I would personally recommend a complete clutch while "in it" 
> that far.  If the T/O bearing is going, the rest of it probably isn't 
> that far behind.  I dropped the transmission out when I did my 
> clutch.  With a decent tranny jack, it's really not that bad.  The 
> challenge is to get the car up in the air far enough, which only 
> requires good jacks and jack stands.  A local club member is in a 
> similar place with his car ... the T/O bearing is getting noisy, and 
> he knows that the disk would be next if not replaced now.  He has 
> asked me and another member to do the work for him.  BTW - we now 
> carry complete clutch kits by Sachs, so you now have another choice 
> for excellent quality clutches (bold commercial plug for DPNW).
> 
> Toby Peterson
> DeLorean Parts Northwest, LLC
> www.delorean-parts.com
> 
> 
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote:
> > I am getting ready to replace a throw-out bearing on
> > someone's DeLorean.  Is it better to pull the engine/tranny
> > together or drop the tranny from underneath leaving the
> > engine alone?  What do all of you recommend?  I dont have a
> > tranny jack but could end up buying one.  My preference is
> > to pull the engine, but the owner would rather not get that
> > far into it.  I have a decent floor jack & an engine cherry
> > picker.
> > 
> > Also what parts should I have on hand?  What things are
> > likely to break or should be replaced?
> > 
> > Walt

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