Act Tob?

[JMiller]

I was wondering if ACT ever fixed there throw out bearing. I read a few post on here about them failing after around 5000 miles but they were from 2004 and 2005. Also wanted to know how many people on here use and ACT TOB and haven't had a problem with it.

Thanks

 

[LTUDSM]

well i bought an act clutch kit in a beginning of the summer.(4months ago) and i put an ACT TOB took a car for a drive,ran around the block,got back home,jack up the car,took off my tranny and replaced that ACT TOB to an OEM one .and after that no problems at all

 

[RedTurboEclipse]

aren't the ACT tob included these days are now plastic sleeved just like OEM?

 

[LTUDSM]

i got a metal one.but it was before 4 months ,maybe they are making plastic ones right now

 

[JMiller]

LTUDSM did you replace the ACT TOB with the OEM one for any particualr reason.

 

[RedTurboEclipse]

now that i think about it, the throw out bearing I got was purchased from RRE, and it was ACT, but is plastic like OEM.

replacing mine removed that nasty chatter of the TOB I had prior.

 

[JMiller]

I'm assuming(hoping) you recently purchased that ACT throw out bearing from RRE, correct?

 

[RedTurboEclipse]

yea it was not even 3 months ago. the guys over there are very helpful, if you want to be reassured just give them a call.

 

[JMiller]

Ok, Thanks. I'm getting an ACT 2100 kit installed and i didnt get to choose the TOB. If it does end up breaking after 5000 miles I'll just go pick up a stock one and get that put in. Thanks again.

 

[grnchevyz]

I had the same issue with ACT's ToB. Replaced with OEM, and no more chatter and related issues. Then again the ACT ToB I had was from last year. New but still, not so new hehe.

 

[LTUDSM]

Ok, Thanks. I'm getting an ACT 2100 kit installed and i didnt get to choose the TOB. If it does end up breaking after 5000 miles I'll just go pick up a stock one and get that put in. Thanks again.

before you do a clutch job,get a new fork and a pivot ball and yeas a good choice of OEM tob

 

[-TunedDSM-]

My ACT throw out bearing was plastic sleeved and I haven't had any troubles with it.

 

[JMiller]

Sounds good, but is there no one out there that has used the old ACT throw out bearing without any problems.

 

[GSXeclipsePSI]

if you look under my posts you will find my write-up on the ACT TOB I just did maybe 8 months ago. I have a failure of seperation of the bearing from the backplate and plastic sleeve breaking also chattering.

I would just trust the OEM one rather then go thru the labor later to find out you got a crappy ACT TOB.