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Don't want to drag this out any further, as I know that many have been using the McLeod bearings without a problem, but here is a little more info about my troubles....
I drive SPF887 pretty much as a "daily driver" year around (except for snow on the roads) here in the northeast. Ambient temps when driving range from -20f to 100f.
My setup was trouble free for probably 7,000 miles. From around 7,000 miles to 10,000 miles I was having intermittant problems. Failed completely a couple of times, then random leaks and no pedal other times.
Finally changed to conventional bearing and hydraulic slave at around 10,000 miles. Over 15,000 miles now and the new setup still works great. Does what it is supposed to do every time.
As I said before, initial setup for the internal hyraulic setup is critical. It is possible, I suppose, that mine was not set up properly. But why did it work fine for 7k miles? I know the system is used by OE manufacturers, so it is not a BAD system. It is also used on many comp cars of all types. However, it seems that in our application - small block or big block - the failure rate is high.
My advice to all is, weigh all the options, then build it the way YOU want!!
Jim Kellogg
Elmira, NY
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