Since the thrust bearing (throw-out bearing)comes out the front of the bell housing and the bell housing can't come out through the interior of the car, you need to pull the engine to replace the biscuit (thrust block) on the front end of the sliding sleeve. No other way to do it. You need to disconnect the drive shaft and remove the transmission from inside the car. You need then to remove the screws that secure the center panel on the firewall and remove the panel to allow the bell-housing to move to the rear after unbolting it from the engine. The engine can then be hoisted up and out. Lots of things to disconnect and put back but pretty straight forward. The thrust block is installed by heating the sliding sleeve so that it expands to release the old thrust and receive the new one.The bell housing may be worn out of round where the sliding sleeve moves back and forth due to asymmetrical thrust from the pedal linkage. If it has excessive wear you may want to have the bell-housing sleeved and possibly replace the sliding piston too.
Last edited by The Phantod; 25/12/12 04:56 PM.
