The Wasteland 2013 Edition

[SABBAi]

Occasionally I like to branch my whoring ways across the land.

And QLD is quieter than a library full of nerdy skeletons.

[dark.sky]

Haha no better around here these days.

[SABBAi]

Yerp. It's pretty dead.

[dark.sky]

Facebook killed forums IMO.

[SABBAi]

Sure does. Especially when forum members have whoretown message threads on FB.

[Nathan1066]

Anyone now someone who is missing a Black 180sx reg S843AVM....

It is parked outside my place and looks like it has been tampered with and dumped...

SAPOL said it has not been reported stolen but from everything I can see it looks like it has been.

[Luke_ENR34]

Can u see if it has adjustable rear camber arms for me?

[Nathan1066]

Hahaha it has lots of nice parts by the looks of it... My camera security system is now watching it... Gotta love IP cameras

[dark.sky]

Well can't you rewind and see when/who put it there?

[Nathan1066]

No they are P/T/Z (pan/tilt/zoom) and were watching the driveway and the doors at that point...

[gilly-R33]

just got my car back from a 28 point service, due to thinking it was a sagging coilover. Now im not too sure whether i should be happy or scared, as he said it is a suspected bent upper control arm?

[wnted1]

Few LOLs

[Krishy]

hahahah some classics

[Inline 6]

need a lil help guys, was driving the gtr just cruising at 60 changed gears nice n slow n I felt a funny twitch in the clutch pedal and then next time I pushed the clutch is was a lot heavier all of sudden.

pulled over check the fluid levels all looks ok, then I noticed when I got back in it every time I pushed the clutch it was making a noise like gas escaping. This was in the car not under the bonnet.

so I hear this is possibly a vacuum leak in the booster? anyone got any other ideas?

anyways I drove it home and it felt fine aside from the weird noise and being heavier clutch than normal, went into gear fine no crunch.

What im wondering is, is this doing any damage to the clutch? I have the nismo coppermix twinplate so I don’t wanna stuff it up but its normally light as a feather and id actually prefer a heavier clutch pedal.

o and this car is starting to p me off

finally got it into a workshop and there tellling me its the thrust bearing is worn out and itll cost 550 in labour to rip the gbox out to replace it. they are suggesting i wait till the clutch is worn to replace it.

ive got no idea what the thurstbearing is, will it damage the clutch or make it wear out faster? it seems to feel alright other than the noise at the moment.

anyone know how much it is to rebuild a nismo twin plate anyways

Edited March 26, 2013 by Inline 6

[heslo]

I'd just leave it for the moment but $550 seems a bit too pricey for that type of work, it's a little brass "ring" worth about $3 from Nissan.

To rebuild a Nismo twin plate is about $900ish from NPC

[Krishy]

wow $550 to replace thrust bearings sounds a bit pricey mate. I will be getting multiple quotes before having this job done

[D_Stirls]

Luke i think your thinking of the spigot bearing that sits in the end of the crank and the end of the input shaft runs inside it.

The thrust bearing is on the bearing that rides on you input shaft and it what pushes (or in the case of a pull type clutch, pull) the "fingers" on the clutch when you press your pedal.

Regardless both parts are worth bugger all but it is a gearbox out job so would there's a fair bit of labour involved.

I would take the mechanics recomendation and wait until your clutch is stuffed and do them together becasue the labour cost will be the same.

It won't damage anything but if you end up with a scretching noise when you press the pedal then the bearing has colapsed and you will then need to change it.

Having said that the symptoms that you have described don't sound like thrust bearing to me as that would have no effect on pedal feel.

Your thoughts about the clutch booster sound more on the money to me. The other thing it could be is a broken pivot point for your clutch leaver. I have had the same thing happen to my car and after month of not figuring out what it was eventualy (on an SAU cruise) i put my foot and the pedal and the clutch didn't engage which led an emergency pit stop at windies lookout. Ended up driving the car through the hills back to Campbelltown with no clutch which was a lesson in matching revs on gear change.

Edited March 28, 2013 by D_Stirls

[heslo]

My bad, I was! I glossed over it and made up the decision in my own mind as to what part he was talking about. Either way, it's not a massive job and I wouldn't be paying $550 for it

[BoXtRoT_33]

if its not a daily driver ya could tear it apart, find the problem, fix/replace the part and whack it back together yourself.

it would be an educational experiance and you could get to know your car a little more in doing so, it would make for a fun and intresting weekend.

[Nightcrawler]

FYI my brother-in-law David (Red back on SAU) is running his R33GTR (with R34GTR Nur engine in it) at the Bathurst Motorsport Festival this weekend. FB group below if anyone want to check out pics/join.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/586460034705368/