Clutch arm rod bent

[speedjunkie]

In 09' my clutch rod broke at the threads, I didn't see this in the search; so I thought I would share with you guys my fix for the problem.


leaving my car useless until the replacement part came in....

When the rod was replaced and I applied pressure back on the clutch pedal; it bent AGAIN!

Obviously this wasn't right, so after some searching on the rx7club forum I came across this awesome thread...http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=450101

I picked up the bearing at a local bearing and transmission shop. It's from a company called "Peer Bearing" and their part number is "608-ZZ-C3" It's labeled dimensions are "8x22x27, shielded"



So I decided to take the clutch assembly out and do this mod! In my opinion I think this should be one of those routine FD things a person should consider while in the possession of these cars.

After a few days of driving around; the clutch feels sooooooo much better! It makes my pettit rally pressure plate feel almost like stock now. The shifts are very much improved, especially 3rd gear. The whole thing just works and I shouldn't have any troubles with the new setup! And just to clarify, I did replace the bent rod with a brand new one. I saw one of the pictures had a bent rod still attached while I was test fitting.

[MO417FD]

In 09' my clutch rod broke at the threads, I didn't see this in the search; so I thought I would share with you guys my fix for the problem.


leaving my car useless until the replacement part came in....

When the rod was replaced and I applied pressure back on the clutch pedal; it bent AGAIN!

Obviously this wasn't right, so after some searching on the rx7club forum I came across this awesome thread...http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=450101

I picked up the bearing at a local bearing and transmission shop. It's from a company called "Peer Bearing" and their part number is "608-ZZ-C3" It's labeled dimensions are "8x22x27, shielded"



So I decided to take the clutch assembly out and do this mod! In my opinion I think this should be one of those routine FD things a person should consider while in the possession of these cars.

After a few days of driving around; the clutch feels sooooooo much better! It makes my pettit rally pressure plate feel almost like stock now. The shifts are very much improved, especially 3rd gear. The whole thing just works and I shouldn't have any troubles with the new setup! And just to clarify, I did replace the bent rod with a brand new one. I saw one of the pictures had a bent rod still attached while I was test fitting.