apierce918

i was banging on them a bit with a screwdriver and hammer, but im not sure if they are only supposed to come out one way. do i need to beat them towards the middle of the fork? or does it not matter? i just dont want to be too aggresive and mar up the fork because a new one is $$ so i figured i'de ask somebody that has already done it. tia

Dmitry S.

What i did is beat them out of the fork with a socket and 10 inch long 3/8 extension. If you hammer it in, you run the risk of breaking or bending the fork.

Place the side you want to hit out between two pieces of wood, and slide the extension through the bearing on the opposite side. Works much better this way. Grease up the new bearing with some white grease before pounding it in.

Oddjob

Clutch/throwout bearing fork?

I also used a socket that is just a hair smaller than the outside diameter of the needle bearing, and they should come out either direction. But Im sure it will be easier to pound them from the outside inward.

And as mentioned above, find a way to support the each ear of the fork when pounding the old bearing out or the new one in. I recall that I used a vise with the jaws open just enough for the bearing to push through, but supported the fork.

apierce918

that worked perfect, thanks

KuHL 951

Probably too late but put the fork in a vise, tighten carefully, and use the new bearing to push the old one out. It falls into a larger socket. Kills two birds with one stone.

apierce918

i dont have the new ones yet. im still tearing apart, just getting all the old stuff out of the way so i make sure i order everything i need and dont leave something out when it goes back together. i still have a good 3 months of winter so i can take my time

Dmitry S.

Hehe, I just did the rear main seal on my 83 944 in 4 hours and 10 minutes. Basically a clutch job.

gratian

On the lift,for shore

KuHL 951

That's smoking fast for R/R, that's got to be a record even on an N/A. Did you have rack access or the usual jackstands? If you have a spare 8 hours and 20 minutes want to come over to my place and do both my cars?

gratian

I do "my clutch job in 2 days...but alone, even the install of gearbox with no special jacks