LS Swap -Throwout Bearing Tick

[EasternYeti]

Putting this up here to try and see if anyone’s had a similar issue

After 9 years the throwout bearing behind my vortec swap was tired and after a few hours of driving you’d hear a classic “type writer” tick when it was in neutral

With a fingers worth of pressure on the pedal, it would stop

Picked up a new OEM throwout bearing and pilot bearing. Using the marks adaptor everyone commonly sees here for the 5.3/H55 swap

What I can’t figure out is that why, after putting it all in, it still ticks in neutral. Regardless of being within the range adjustments specified by advanced adaptors?

What am I missing? Does everyone else have the tick and just ignore it?

 

[OSS]

The later FJ60 throw out bearing was designed to have continuous pressure applied to the clutch springs even when your foot is off the clutch pedal. It is always spinning. The slave cylinder in the later models has an internal spring that constantly applies a bit of pressure to the clutch fork.

A brand new Toyota throw out bearing is pretty stiff because everything is tight, so it’s going to drag and rub on the springs instead of hold & spin if there isn’t sufficient pressure applied to it. — and you’ll hear it.

BTW, the Toyota throw out bearing will last 300,000 miles spinning continuously. No worries about it wearing out.

 

[EasternYeti]

The later FJ60 throw out bearing was designed to have continuous pressure applied to the clutch springs even when your foot is off the clutch pedal. It is always spinning. The slave cylinder in the later models has an internal spring that constantly applies a bit of pressure to the clutch fork.

A brand new Toyota throw out bearing is pretty stiff because everything is tight, so it’s going to drag and rub on the springs instead of hold & spin if there isn’t sufficient pressure applied to it. — and you’ll hear it.

BTW, the Toyota throw out bearing will last 300,000 miles spinning continuously. No worries about it wearing out.

This makes me feel better, I ordered the later slave and throwout for sure.

I was beginning to wonder if I needed the older style bracket and spring to apply a little more pressure

Assuming yours did the same then did eventually quiet down?

 

[OSS]

When I replaced the clutch stuff last time, I thought I’d save a few bucks and use an aftermarket slave cylinder. Bad idea.
That slave didn’t have as strong of an internal spring, so it applied less pressure to the clutch fork, which was insufficient to prevent the throw out bearing from dragging on the clutch springs — and I could hear it dragging - especially in the morning when everything was cold.

I replaced that slave with the Toyota slave and everything worked fine as it should.