Damn you admins. Don't ever take this site off line again. I had to wait a whole 1/2 hour while the site was down just to ask a simple question...

What's the difference between a throw out bearing, a release bearing and a pilot bushing? This is all flywheel related BTW.

Aaaaahhhhh, got my fix.

 

I dont know man but are you still shooting the stuff???? I can't find my veins!

By the way try google if you dont get answer quick enough...

 

These forums do relate to my heroin addiction

 

And I wondered why you always sound like you're on crack, budday

Try this Neff

http://www.novak-adapt.com/knowledge/clutches_etc.htm

 

Release Bearing/Throwout Bearing (same) is the hollow, donut shaped bearing that the release fork pushes against and in turn it pushes against the fingers of the pressure plate diaphragm spring to release the pressure. The fingers act like a bunch of seesaws. So, when the release bearing pushes on the tips of the fingers at the center of the clutch, the outside of the diaphragm spring actually lifts away from the flywheel a little bit, allowing the friction disk to spin freely from the pressure plate and flywheel. The release bearing is hollow because it actually slides over the pilot shaft.

Pilot Bearing/Bushing is a small bearing that's mounted in the center of the flywheel at the end of the engine's crankshaft that the transmission pilot shaft fits into. It just supports the very end of the transmission shaft.

Curt