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Originally Posted by ermax
In that 70K miles have you ever had to replace the TOB? I ask because when they go bad they eat up the surface that they slide on and then it's prone to binding. The surface they they ride on is replaceable for ~$80. When I did my first TOB I didn't replace this part and I suspect that is what lead to me bending my pivot once my second TOB started to go. BTW, my pivot bent at about 127k miles.
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I don't
think my throwout bear is bad, but I say that just because it has never made noise, which seems to be the usual indicator from what I've read. For my own piece of mind, I'm thinking I would replace the slave cylinder, release fork, pivot, and throwout bearing all at the same time. That and probably install a transmission mount bushing (e.g., whiteline positive shift bushing) as I've heard nothing but good things about it. I think my clutch should otherwise be okay, but I've read lots of different views about how long a factory clutch will last. I suppose I'll have whatever shop I go to just look at it and tell me how close it is to the service limits.