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Old 04-17-2017, 10:33 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by Turdinator View Post
The stock throw out bearing is an NTN which is a quality Japanese brand. SKF is a good Swedish brand. Both are quality brands so you can't say one will be better than the other on brand alone. It may be the bearing is under designed for our cars. What is it that actually fails on the bearing?

I sell bearings for a living.

EDIT: With a bit of searching it seems a lot of Subaru throw out bearings have the same ID and running surface diameter. It may be possible to mod a WRX or even STi bearing to suit our set up. It will depend on the fork as those bearings seem to be wider.
I'm pretty sure the TOB is made in China. I know for sure the one that came with the Exedy OEM clutch kit is, which gave me some pause. I'll double check the failed stock TOB to be sure.
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