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Bad clutch fingers or throw out bearing

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by Canyon Jeff, Jul 31, 2014.

  1. Nov 30, 2020 at 9:06 PM
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    gearcruncher

    gearcruncher Well-Known Member

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    An incredibly bad design as far as I am concerned .
    I understand that the transmission was beefed up to counter act the missing pilot bearing . After very carefull consideration , I think Toyota needs to do more to compensate for this switch .
    When you mash your clutch pedal to the floor , your clutch disc is supported by the input shaft . A rotating clutch disc thats spinning at 3000 rpm creates a lot of load even if it only weighs 4 pounds . In days gone by when you mashed your clutch pedal to the floor , The pilot bearing use to support the clutch disc . Now , when you mash your clutch pedal to the floor , you rely on the transmission input shaft to support the load of that spinning clutch disc
    In my opinion , its one of the main reasons you cant keep a throwout bearing alive in the Tacoma .Not the top reason but 1 of the reasons .
    Considering nobody has throwout bearing issues with the 5 speed manual which uses a pilot bushing , I may have a valid point
    With the above mentioned , is there room to install a pilot bearing or is the input shaft too short to extend into the back of the crankshaft ? also , is there a snub on the input shaft that would except a pilot bearing ? sorry been a while since I did a clutch on the 6 speed manual.
    Somebody show me some side views of the input shaft please
     
    Black97v6MT likes this.

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