Al little knowledge can be dangerous, a well known saying that is proven over and over, see below, the amount of copper slip that had been applied to the release bearing in this already oily gearbox ( crank seal leaking) the bearing is designed to not need any amount of lubricant on the front face, this is stationary once it makes contact with the pressure cover fingers, the internal ball bearings then are the rotating point, of course the trouble this causes is it gets up onto the clutch face, see in the second pic the throw out lines of copper slip..... be careful if in doubt always ask!

 

Jeff TT

 

 

Edited October 24, 201114 yr by JeffTT

dear oh dear :nono:

dear oh dear :nono:

 

Yes I know, no names but many years ago popped in on a forum member who had bought a set of brake discs from us, he had fitted them and was just refitting the wheels when I arrived, could not believe that he had fully covered the face of the discs with copper slip as he thought it would stop them squeeling!!!!

 

Five minutes later and he would of been driving down the road, can see the first stop junction would have been a challenge!

 

Jeff TT

copper grease on brake discs!

It's amazing what folk will get up too, still never mind, they keep a lot of my friends in a job (ambulance service).....lol