[Pete Munroe]

Clois,

Glad to hear you got the new bearing...what did you think of the housing...it eliminates the banjo's with some very substantial, to me, 90 degree fittings retained with roll-pins.

I am running the same type McLeod flywheel, aluminum with steel insert, on my 289, a McLeod pressure plate and disc, McLeod bellhousing and a Tremec TKO.

There was a machined collar provided with the old bearing for my application...but I had to take it back to have it cut down for the range of clearance with the new bearing as the height of the whole assembly was different.

The shop guys, George the lead, all proved to be very helpful and pleased to get some feedback on the piece.

Again for those not familiar with my t/o bearing saga...My second generation McLeod t/o piece was the FIRST one in private use and considered a test unit... so the spacer collars SHOULD be correct a year later...you need to check the distances yourself anyway.

BUT when I was talking to Red McLeod he said you can set the clearance up to 0.20...this may mean never having to disconnect the hoses and rotate the the thing inside the bell housing to adjust the clutch as the disc wears.

There is enough travel of the hydraulic ram (at least with the McCloed pressure plate/disc) to activate the clutch...the hydraulics takes up the excess clearance anyway.

The 0.10 mentioned in the instruction sheet I never thought was enough...as the disc wears in initially, some of the distance should go away quickly.

I set mine at about 0.18, but Red said up to 0.20.

I would NOT use 0.10...hate so say call them again, but I would in your situation...they should verify what I said...but for your application, maybe not...although a disc is a disc I think.

I have about 2500 plus miles on the thing since last April, more probably...two track events and some fun driving, works fine.

Please post your impressions of how the thing looks and how the hoses fit compared to the p-o-s banjo's.

If you can take a digital picture of the thing.

I hate to think of more people trying to make the old design work...send the suckers in a get the new housing, it works.

Pete