Technically speaking, the correct terminology for a throwout bearing is release bearing, as in clutch release bearing. When considered in those terms, it's easier to imagine what this component is and ...

Anyone who has driven a car with a manual transmission for more than a day will tell you that it's exceptionally fun. When you can get on the open road and shift gears to pick up speed, there's ...

Whether your Scion FR-S is stock or heavily modified, the unavoidable truth is your throw-out bearing is bound to fail. If you saw the SPEC Clutch install on my Hot Lava Scion FR-S, my factory ...

Reliability and maintenance engineers are often given the task of improving the reliability of bearing arrangements in a variety of applications. Lubrication is a key area to explore for improvement ...

The wheels of industry turn on bearings, so why do the wheels often vibrate, clatter, squeak, drag, and overheat? Bearings can fail for a lot of reasons. Most failures (as shown in Figure 1) are ...