Throw out Bearing problems

[rebel4.6]

Hello everyone,
I have a 1997 4.6 mustang 5 speed.

I have been having problems with throw out bearings. I installed a new NAPA adjustable clutch cable with solid quadrent along with a napa oem style clutch. I did this because my last throw out bearing was toast.

After installing it all the car seems to slightly creep forward with the pedal in, and will hardly ever go into reverse. Also the clutch only grabs when the pedal is almost all the way out.

I thought maybe I had over tightened the throw out bearing so I got under neith and looked. The bearing is just bearly on the presure plate. I know this is bad. I only have a few threads left to unadjust more.

Any Ideas Please

 

[SRT Handz]

first thing you need to do is ditch the napa cable and get a OEM clutch cabel and a firewall adjuster like the Fiore Micro Click.

 

[duff daddy]

I would stuggest the OE cable as Greg did, then See how it is from there. Change one thing at a time.

 

[vermilion]

lethal performance has the micro click.

 

[vermilion]

the bearing has to be an 1/8th of an inch off the flywheel and pressure plate. hence why some people use the ldc free play mod in conjunction w/ micro click/ firewall adjuster.

 

[Stang Lover]

Had that same problem in my 95. Bought an adjustable FRPP cable and it cleared that problem up.

 

[SlvrBullet98]

just throwing it out there, but since u said the clutch is pushing the car with the pedal all the way down, and the clutch is catching all the way up, it sounds like u have an issue other than the actual adjustment, it could be many things, either a cable that is stretching when u push down the pedal, or a clutch disk that has to much "wave" in the disk between the 2 fiber faces, or possibly could be the disk binding on the tranny splines and causing you to have poor disengagement and having to adjust the clutch in to far making it catch higher, also did u resurface the flywheel? ive fixed many similar issues and have found all of the above at one time or another

 

[vermilion]

i have a tko and im having cable issues of it not engaging quick enough. i do know that i need a different quadrant. ill see how it goes though. im researching trans issues also.

 

[Willis_98GT]

i have a tko and im having cable issues of it not engaging quick enough. i do know that i need a different quadrant. ill see how it goes though. im researching trans issues also.

grab a upr quadrant, cheap and easy to install. i did mine two weeks ago

 

[SlvrBullet98]

i had issues when i put in my tko also, i ended up getting the "jegs" brand cable, "quick release" quadrant, and firewall adjuster, the kit was only like $100 and all work well, i really really like their brand firewall adjuster, its the best quality and one ive seen yet and the finger grooves make it super easy to adjust

 

[vermilion]

i have the fiore micro-click adjuster, quadrant and brand new OEM cable. the OEM cable is non adjusting and since it seems the tko is shorter an inch or less it requires longer routing. it's giving me zero alignment unless i have the adjuster damn near all the way out. i think the fiore quadrant is best left to stock transmissions. i ordered the upr triplehook and i will toy with it. if not ill sell both. i will keep the adjuster.