98OBW
08-03-2012, 06:30 PM
So the TOB on my car started squealing right before my clutch pedal decided it wanted to the stick to the floor and have erratic engagement when the car was warm. I replaced the clutch master, slave and hose with only a slight improvement, so I'm just dealing with that issue for the time being. I've read somewhere that it could be a cracked or damaged shift fork? I wouldn't fully know until I tear into it so that brings me to the clutch job. I figured I'd just deal with the slight squealing noise when the clutch is engaged since it wasn't bad enough to hear when inside the car over the exhaust. The squeaking when pressing down the clutch pedal was annoying, but not annoying enough for me to tear into it.
Well, before the bearing fails completely and while I have some downtime being able to drive my truck around, I'm researching my options. The clutch engagement feels fine (other than the pedal sticking to the floor randomly) so I was originally just going to install the TSK1 kit. The car has 166k on it so I'm thinking it would probably be a good idea to replace the clutch while I'm at it, instead of having to do that job when it's least convenient. Initially I was looking at the BRUTE POWER Part # 92543 on RockAuto for $178.79 that comes with a "Release Bearing Sleeve Repair Kit" so I wouldn't NEED the TSK1 (although yes I realize the TSK1 is still a good idea). I was also considering ACDELCO Part # 381417 on RockAuto for $192.79 that has a "Release Bearing Sleeve Repair Kit" pictured. Both are their "most popular parts" so they must be doing something right.
In a perfect world where I had more money to throw at this car than it deserves, I'd like the TSK1 kit with the Exedy Clutch P/N 15801 on autoplicity, but then we're talking $277 for the clutch and $155 for the TSK1 kit. $432 is a hard pill for me to swallow when I could get the RockAuto kits for less than half the price.
This car was strictly supposed to be my winter car, but since I've purchased it I've installed a completely custom exhaust system from the wrapped replica headers back, a hybrid intake, a plethora of lights, and have been daily-driving it. So it looks like it's going to be my year-round car when I'm not DD'ing my truck in the summer (which I usually do, but I find the Subie so much more fun to drive). I hate endlessly throwing money into the car since I'm not sure if I'm going to keep it for a year, two years, or fifteen years - but something needs to be done with this clutch before something fails catastrophically.
Since opinions are like assholes and everyone has got one, I'd like to hear some of yours. Does anyone here have one of the RockAuto options, and is it really worth more than twice the price to install the Exedy clutch and TSK1 kit over the other options that include a repair kit? While I'm doing this I also need to replace my trans and motor mounts, because they're shot. I wanted to replace them with the Group-N engine and trans kit, but $287 for some mounts is a joke (I know there's the DIY trick for at least the trans mount, but that would require me to have the car stuck on my lift for several days or buy a new mount) This car is just sucking me dry.
Well, before the bearing fails completely and while I have some downtime being able to drive my truck around, I'm researching my options. The clutch engagement feels fine (other than the pedal sticking to the floor randomly) so I was originally just going to install the TSK1 kit. The car has 166k on it so I'm thinking it would probably be a good idea to replace the clutch while I'm at it, instead of having to do that job when it's least convenient. Initially I was looking at the BRUTE POWER Part # 92543 on RockAuto for $178.79 that comes with a "Release Bearing Sleeve Repair Kit" so I wouldn't NEED the TSK1 (although yes I realize the TSK1 is still a good idea). I was also considering ACDELCO Part # 381417 on RockAuto for $192.79 that has a "Release Bearing Sleeve Repair Kit" pictured. Both are their "most popular parts" so they must be doing something right.
In a perfect world where I had more money to throw at this car than it deserves, I'd like the TSK1 kit with the Exedy Clutch P/N 15801 on autoplicity, but then we're talking $277 for the clutch and $155 for the TSK1 kit. $432 is a hard pill for me to swallow when I could get the RockAuto kits for less than half the price.
This car was strictly supposed to be my winter car, but since I've purchased it I've installed a completely custom exhaust system from the wrapped replica headers back, a hybrid intake, a plethora of lights, and have been daily-driving it. So it looks like it's going to be my year-round car when I'm not DD'ing my truck in the summer (which I usually do, but I find the Subie so much more fun to drive). I hate endlessly throwing money into the car since I'm not sure if I'm going to keep it for a year, two years, or fifteen years - but something needs to be done with this clutch before something fails catastrophically.
Since opinions are like assholes and everyone has got one, I'd like to hear some of yours. Does anyone here have one of the RockAuto options, and is it really worth more than twice the price to install the Exedy clutch and TSK1 kit over the other options that include a repair kit? While I'm doing this I also need to replace my trans and motor mounts, because they're shot. I wanted to replace them with the Group-N engine and trans kit, but $287 for some mounts is a joke (I know there's the DIY trick for at least the trans mount, but that would require me to have the car stuck on my lift for several days or buy a new mount) This car is just sucking me dry.