Use a pilot bearing or bushing with new clutch?
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Use a pilot bearing or bushing with new clutch?
Hey guys, I will be installing a Star Stage 3 clutch in the next week or so. I recieved the clutch yesterday, and it came with a pilot bearing. I know that stock a bushing is used, and I am a little leary about using the bearing. I have heard people on this board using the bearing and having problems with it, and end up going back to the bushing. Spec told me that under 500 HP that they sell the pilot bearing with their clutch, and above that they recomend the bushing. I would like to hear your comments and experiences with either or. I will probably end up going with the bushing to be safe. The motor is stock for now, but wont be for long. Stage 3 heads and intake from TEA will be going with the XE 230 cam, after the clutch and rear main get done, and the clutch breaks in. Let me know what you think of using the bearing or bushing, thanks.
Nick
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Go with the bushing!
The bearing would eat up your tranny shaft, b/c it needs oil pressure to be lubricated=high RPM use. For stop/go, I'd take the bushing.
Does anybody know the p/n# for the stock bushing?
The bearing would eat up your tranny shaft, b/c it needs oil pressure to be lubricated=high RPM use. For stop/go, I'd take the bushing.
Does anybody know the p/n# for the stock bushing?
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Despite what some people will say about the pilot bearing, I have had zero problems with mine and it has worked flawlessly...even upon inspection after use. Cant go wrong with the bushing either.
Jason
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I had a pilot bushing with my McLeod Dual Performance Clutch and I thought maybe that was the reason it didnt shift good at high RPM's. Which works better at high RPM's? Which should I use with a Street Twin?
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I am sure an input shaft is cheap compared to what I have already spent on the car. 
That dosent mean I want to replace one though. When the stock clutch came out, or what I belive to be the stock clutch anyway, it had a bearing, that had exploded. I thought they came with bearings from the factory? I would think a bushing would cause problems after shifting for awhile and it getting hot without as much lubrication.
That dosent mean I want to replace one though. When the stock clutch came out, or what I belive to be the stock clutch anyway, it had a bearing, that had exploded. I thought they came with bearings from the factory? I would think a bushing would cause problems after shifting for awhile and it getting hot without as much lubrication.
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