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Old 03-25-2009, 10:49 PM   #1
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How do you break a pilot bearing?
Back in the day on F-body clutch installs I would mess up and break the bearing during install, but never broke one in my C5 just driving..
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Old 03-25-2009, 11:17 PM   #2
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I don't know how in the hell you broke a pilot bearing period. I have installed probably 50-100 and never broke one.
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I don't know how in the hell you broke a pilot bearing period. I have installed probably 50-100 and never broke one.

Well the car is torn apart and the first thing that was discovered was a broken pilot bearing. Clutch is fine and tranny is fine via tearing them down as well.. If clutch is installed correctly I really dont know how one can break unless there is a balance issue.
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Old 03-26-2009, 12:01 AM   #4
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How is it broken? Is it destroyed or is it wore out?
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How is it broken? Is it destroyed or is it wore out?
I will have to get a picture of it, but I was told it was destroyed. Symptoms were 4th gear grind and clutch not fully disengaging. I also noticed some slight vibration, but I was told that is just the nature of twin disc clutches. Then the car sat for a while and the day I brought it out of the garage to show off in front of my son I did a burnout and the clutch pedal stuck to the floor. I popped the hood and watched the clutch fluid disappear.

The car is at Futral Motorsports at the moment.
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you took your vette all the way to Walker, LA for a clutch/tranny issue????
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I have run into this a few times when i worked at a corvette shop

the shaft is prob bent in the torque tube

not saying it is but its common
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you took your vette all the way to Walker, LA for a clutch/tranny issue????
Yes!! TP closed down.
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I have run into this a few times when i worked at a corvette shop

the shaft is prob bent in the torque tube

not saying it is but its common
I am also thinking that is possible, but hard to believe since I have the upgraded Z06 tq tube. Futral Motorsports is inspecting at the moment and if it is bent I might go with a carbon fiber driveshaft.
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i hate that tp closed. still not sure if i would travel that far though...
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