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Originally Posted by Nine8Six
Oops 
What is the history of that car? Previous accident(s), you know? wild guess.... |
The last 20k miles are unknown, but I have checked everything, and the car is straight as an arrow.
Near as I can tell about what happened, is that the TOB guide tube became gunky and dry, combined with a clutch at the end of it's life expectancy.
The throw-out bearing PROBABLY became stuck on the engine-side of the clutch fork for a bit here-and-there and probably did not (surely did not) seat itself properly, resulting in one side of the bearing and one side of the clutch fork becoming the contact point for the clutch spring "fingers". The clutch shows abnormal wear where the fork contacted them.
I have never seen this type of failure where the clutch still works.
My guess is that the last person who "threw a new clutch in" did not inspect, lube or replace the TOB. In fact, the disc and the cover plate were from different manufacturers, which to me, is a no-no.