Trashed my new throwout bearing! WTF???

[dsm-onster]

Ok my tools are on my truck and my truck is broken down 4 miles away at a friends place. And my car's broken down so I can't get to my tools to pull the tranny down and see what the he!! is going on...

I picked up an SBR 3500 clutch kit with a new Mitsu throwout bearing plus a new act street lite flywheel. The car was shifting like a champ and suddenly the clutch stop disengageing!WTF ! Everytime i push in the clutch pedal to disengage the clutch, I heard this horrible "metal screaching noise".

I looked into the clutch fork window and comparing my old throwout bearing (which is not shot) to the new one in the bellhousing. and I could see that the part of the throwout bearing that does not spin (the outer shell) was resting directly on the pressureplate diaphragm.

This means that the races or whatever in the bearing have colapsed, right? Why the hell did this happen so soon? I have about 1500 miles on this bearing. I plan on dropping in the old bearing until I get a new one shipped in (I've gotten pretty good dropping and reinstalling this tranny). How can I keep this from happening again? My official Mitsu Factory Service Manual mentions lubricating just the part tht slides on the tranny driveshaft. Should I perhaps lub the TOB itself with grease? I don't think it's possible to do that, right?

 

[1stGenRocks]

are you sure you got the wire clip hooked in right?

 

[Old Mitsu Tech]

I would put a small amount on the part the tob rides on. However, I would pull the trans to look at the failure. At least it's not awd.

Good Luck

 

[dsm-onster]

are you sure you got the wire clip hooked in right?

I am pretty sure. I can only pullit down and take a looke for sure like Old Mitsu Tech said. Man, i can't complain because I can do this rather quickly, but I wish everything would just work for a month or so at a time. What gets me erked is that this is not an issue about "too much power" for a stock set up or anything. But all my friends will say, "HA! that's what you get for juicing up a 4-banger too much."

Well, they can FÜcK off!!! ok. I had to vent!!!