Comments by "Adam Bainbridge" (@AdamMGTF) on "WeberAuto" channel.

  1.  @kc3zvz  thanks for your reply. I'm genuinely trying to understand this ........ you see it doesn't come as part of the job here in the UK and they would be considered a specialist part and as such £££!.... That's why I'm so curious as to why it's 'a given ' in the USA.... To try and elaborate.......... So say if I do a clutch on any given car. I remove the gearbox. I remove the pressure plate and clutch. If it's a dual mass flywheel I make a judgement on if it's badly worn or past it's recommended replacement milage and advice the customer accordingly. If flywheel needs replacing it comes off. If it doesn't then it doesn't meaning I don't even see the pilot bearing (assuming said engine has one). I then fit a replacement clutch kit which is the friction plate, pressure plate and clutch release bearing... Some kits come with a new fork spring or a fork pivot bush but that's rare. The gearbox goes back on the engine. Job done. I must have done over a thousand in my working life and never once had to or needed to replace the pilot bearing. (The only exception being my own 200sx/skylines I've converted from auto to manual which involves fitting a reduction brass insert to the bearing as the auto gearbox has a larger input shaft where it sits in the crank. So you need an insert to reduce to the manual gearboxs input shaft... But even that isn't really replacement as much as modification). I'm not saying what you chaps in the USA is wrong. I'm just trying to learn and understand. I'm sure there is a good reason for the difference. Maybe something to do with oil quality? I don't know. But I wanna learn!
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  2. 'replace pilot bareing'. I've been working on cars for decades. Never heard anyone suggest this ever. Is it just an American thing? I'd never consider doing this over here in the UK.
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  3.  @perception-reception  interesting. I've just never know one fail. Ever. And I drift so my clutch/flywheel etc gets huge abuse. In 15 years never had one fail. I imagine here it would be a special order dealer part. I wonder if us spec ones aren't as good quality?
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