Gents, does this sound like a throwout bearing problem or something else? I'm going to pull the trans out when I can (I'm not anywhere close to having the Mule back on the road yet), but I'm pretty green when it comes to troubleshooting clutches so I'm trying to get a feel for what's going on.
Clutch is a Luk 11" low profile with AA TLC throwout bearing (spec'd for the low profile clutch) and GM cast iron clutch fork. Bellhousing is AA 712577, I centered the bellhousing to the crank. It was within .002". Out of spec tolerance is .005". Clutch slave is OEM AISIN.
Things I did trying to isolate the noise, but did not work:
- Return spring on the slave
- Completely removed clutch slave and held fork full forward (throwout bearing to rearmost position)
The noise completely resolves when the clutch is engaged.
Here's a video. I meant to say throwout bearing in the video. The video makes it sound pretty bad, it's not that insanely loud, but something isn't right...
Clutch is a Luk 11" low profile with AA TLC throwout bearing (spec'd for the low profile clutch) and GM cast iron clutch fork. Bellhousing is AA 712577, I centered the bellhousing to the crank. It was within .002". Out of spec tolerance is .005". Clutch slave is OEM AISIN.
Things I did trying to isolate the noise, but did not work:
- Return spring on the slave
- Completely removed clutch slave and held fork full forward (throwout bearing to rearmost position)
The noise completely resolves when the clutch is engaged.
Here's a video. I meant to say throwout bearing in the video. The video makes it sound pretty bad, it's not that insanely loud, but something isn't right...
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