uh oh.... grinding noise from clutch?

[EldarO]

autoclutch in ozzie park, cant remember the street name, but it runs parallel to hutton street, on the north side.

AFAIK the shafts can bend/snap but this is all hearsay, just sounded like good info to me so i always made the effort of taking extra care that i didnt do it.

[allencr]

I dont think I had the weight of the box on the input shaft.
Whats the risk? Bent shaft or fucked bearing?
I gave the shaft a spin after it was out, and it looked straight still.
wow i seem to have so many dumb questions

No, not dumb, but I guess thinking that shaft that size & that hard could get bent, when in almost normal use it's good enough to propel thousands of pounds while peeling rubber off the tires, is unimaginative.

The clutch disk, an original suspect, has a hub made of stamped sheet metal, rivets & springs and as mickeymouse as it looks compared to a big billet/forged connecting rod and 4 to 1 odds, it does its job pretty well. Hanging a weight on it and twisting the clutch hub will give you disk runout & clutch drag. It may also get bent enough to promote rapid failure and have symptoms like you described.

The input/first motion shaft has one bearing in the transmission case & one in the crank. The pilot bearing was not designed for that kind of load, but then again it isn't spinning. The trans case bearing is shimmed so it has a nice tight fit in that soft, flexible, easily expandable with heat, aluminum case. If the bearing's loose, its outer race can spin & destroy the transmission or at least the case.

[lojik]

thanks for the helpful info allencr

Hmm this is proving irritating... Anyone know if there is a non-toyota supplier for the jza80 n/a throwout bearing? as one from the big T runs at $156.95 apparently...

I am also trying to find an exedy clutch distributor in the area, as it seems an appropriate way to go if I replace it. Unless anyone can suggest another (better/cheaper) option?

[Toyo Truck]

I am getting the EXACT same symptoms on my W58...So I think my throwout Bearing
is farked,
But I also have mad banging/grinding noises in 2nd gear only. Too much snappage
on corner 2 at driftland! So my box needs replacing ASAP!!

I have a GZ20, gen3 twin turbo, does that mean I have a W58 aswell??

Cheers,
Bart

[chaserbuddy]

Probably get the thrust bearing from toyota? It aint going to be cheap mine cost me around $130 for a jza70 exedy clutch

[lojik]

wow, thread revival!
I got one from coventry's for $25, but one came with my clutch kit.
So I'll most likely use that one. If I ever get the car back together