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<blockquote data-quote="04sleeper" data-source="post: 10256575" data-attributes="member: 34911"><p>Not really sure. I belive it may have something to do with the feel of the clutch or some sort of dampener. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Weird. I pulled it off anyway because a trusted friend told me he never uses the when putting any aftermarket clutch in. It would have cleared with it in though. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Awesome man! That's what I am hoping for as well. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't think so. I do not believe in the "Freeplay Mod". The factory throw out bearing is a constant spinning bearing. The factory clutch quadrant adjusts for a slight amount of pre-load on the TOB. This is done through a spring adjuster on the factory pawl to work with the stock quadrant. As the clutch wears the factory pedal needs to be pulled from the back forward. You will hear the adjuster "Click" if the clutch needed to be adjusted. When you go with an aftermarket firewall adjuster the automatic aqdjuster gets discarded so you now have to manually adjust the preload on the TOB. It only needs a very little bit of pressure to do this and should just ride on the fingers. </p><p></p><p>I know this is a heavly debated topic but I do not believe that the bearing should not touch the fingers. With a freeplay mod the bearing does not touch the fingers. So every time you engauge the clutch the bearing goes from zero RPM'S to whatever RPM's the car is at in a split second. This drags on the face of the TOB over and over again and again. Imagine shifting at 6500 RPM's and the bearing is stopped the bearing will have to slip before it can start spinning. This will cause constant wear on the face of the bearing and can cause the bearing to overheat and fail. I think the freeplay mod will wear the bearing out faster than without it. </p><p></p><p>I have been running my TOB's this way since the mid 90's when quadrants and firewall adjusters first came out and I have never had a problem with a TOB going out early. </p><p></p><p>Sorry for the lengthly explanation. Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="04sleeper, post: 10256575, member: 34911"] Not really sure. I belive it may have something to do with the feel of the clutch or some sort of dampener. Weird. I pulled it off anyway because a trusted friend told me he never uses the when putting any aftermarket clutch in. It would have cleared with it in though. Awesome man! That's what I am hoping for as well. I don't think so. I do not believe in the "Freeplay Mod". The factory throw out bearing is a constant spinning bearing. The factory clutch quadrant adjusts for a slight amount of pre-load on the TOB. This is done through a spring adjuster on the factory pawl to work with the stock quadrant. As the clutch wears the factory pedal needs to be pulled from the back forward. You will hear the adjuster "Click" if the clutch needed to be adjusted. When you go with an aftermarket firewall adjuster the automatic aqdjuster gets discarded so you now have to manually adjust the preload on the TOB. It only needs a very little bit of pressure to do this and should just ride on the fingers. I know this is a heavly debated topic but I do not believe that the bearing should not touch the fingers. With a freeplay mod the bearing does not touch the fingers. So every time you engauge the clutch the bearing goes from zero RPM'S to whatever RPM's the car is at in a split second. This drags on the face of the TOB over and over again and again. Imagine shifting at 6500 RPM's and the bearing is stopped the bearing will have to slip before it can start spinning. This will cause constant wear on the face of the bearing and can cause the bearing to overheat and fail. I think the freeplay mod will wear the bearing out faster than without it. I have been running my TOB's this way since the mid 90's when quadrants and firewall adjusters first came out and I have never had a problem with a TOB going out early. Sorry for the lengthly explanation. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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