Gear Rower

just wondering if anyone here was running a Ram throwout bearing? not the GM stock style but one of the pieces?

thanks alot!

it looks like a nice piece, i believe it might even be an adjustable unit.

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VandykeT/A

I had a ram slave cylinder and it lasted about 10k miles. Tick makes the master cylinder. Tick sells a GM slave, which is what I would use.

Nmbr1GMfan

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Gear Rower

i have the Tick master on the car, and have for about 4 years ... it is awesome. i am not sure the GM slave will work with my twin Disk Advanced Clutch assembly. not that it shouldn't, but i am positive the Ram one will, only question is will it last! i only put a couple thousand miles on the car each year. i do like the fact that it has a boot to minimize clutch dust getting on the piston outer bore,and being dragged into the bearing, that just means it should last longer. i don't mind pulling my trans even routinely as required... but this is the 4th time this year already and I am not liking it, lol!!!

was the Ram slave basically a GM style slave? or like the one i posted in the link.

GMfan,

that is what i pulled off the car........ for the last time.

thanks for the responses guys!!! it is apprecaited. either way i am ordering a bearing tomorrow, come hell or high water, i just hope i make the right choice. i will call Ram tomorrow morning as soon as they are open ,lol!

VandykeT/A

Mine looked like a normal slave that came with a shim. It didn't have the lines and fittings.

Sales@Tick

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I would stick strictly to a GM slave. We have seen the best results with those.

Just curious, why do you think the GM slave wouldnt work? Surely the clutch was designed to work with one, otherwise the clutch manufacturer would tell you or send you a slave that you would have to use. If it is a length issue, you can shim the slave to work.

Gear Rower

the Ram slave won't work, the location of the fittings will hit the pressure plate on the borg and beck long style pressure plate.

Gear Rower

well, the Ram i posted wouldn't work with my clutch assembly. so i installed a new mcleod, and crossed my fingers... well after a little bit of driving i checked for leaks and yes it was leaking from one of the swivel fittings. my root cause analysis, led me to believe the machined roll pin holes which ultimately control the compression of the o ring was not in the correct location. so i tleaked. the swivel was noticably "looser" and required minimal effort to rotate the fitting, whereas the other fitting was "tight" to swivel

trans back out #5 R&R this year already, install GM slave NO SHIM required on my setup. guess what the ****.... it works great, will monitor for leaks, but so far so good!. it has the inj. moulded boot to provide protection to the piston, to minimize contaminants. and with the tick bleeder, it is so flipping easy to bleed now

both items cost bout half of the aftermarket bearing.