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hey my 79 4x4 luv throw out bearing is wore out. but it only has about 3500 miles? is this posible. i know it only has that many miles because i replaced it! has this appened to any of you guys? well any way if anyone has a v6 and a tranny that will work with a 4 wheel drive let me know i might be interested because i have to pull the tranny anyways well that or i will just sell it but that would be a shame cause thats all that is wrong with it

Just out of curiosity, what makes you think it is what is worn out? 3500 miles isn't much at all for a throwout bearing. I reused the one on my 77 when I swapped the motor into it about 100K and a dozen years ago.

One thing that may be the problem is the pilot shaft bearing is wasted. I thought my throwout bearing was bad so i changed it and 2 days later the howling noise came back. When i pulled it apart again i was looking for signs of a problem and noticed the tip of the transmission pilot shaft had some signs of wear. I checked the bearing in the end of the crankshaft and i could feel play in the bearing. Plus i couldn't get it to spin very easy. As i tried to remove the bearing, the inner race of the bearing came out and the ball bearings hit the floor. That meant the motor had to be pulled and i needed to make a puller of some kind to remove the outer race. It took all day to get the race out of the end of the crankshaft with the tools i had and made. Once i got the new bearing in and the truck running again it was smooth! It felt like a brand new transmission.

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well i know that its weird that the throw out bearing would go out that fast because the one before i replaced it had 250,000 miles on it and it was still fine!!!!!! i thought i was that because when you would push the clutch in it would make a grinding/clanking noise but im not sure i really dont want to pull apart and fix it tho! my dad just wants me to sell it because it takes all my pay checks cause it breaks all the time! just little stuff but i work at target and dont make much money!

Dont get rid of the truck whatever you do. Wheres the LUV for the luv???

unfortunatly i think i am going to let it go. i need something reliable and something were people still make aftermarket parts for! i just want something thats not outdated i will try to post a pic of it in the photo gallery for anyone interested! make and offer

quit bein a weenie and fix the truck!!!!!!! you were listenin to me lil bit ago when i said what ashame to sell it jus cause of a T.O. bearing, and now yer gunna puss out
Ill be the 1st one to "Boo" ya when ya sell it!! LOL

PS.....Ive still got that V6 auto truck over here, you already know what i want for it, I am confused why you would need another motor but nevertheless, Ive got one!

When I pulled my motor and tranny I knew a few people that had more mechanic skills than I have, I paid them to help me and ended up saving a lot of money vs going to a regular mechanic. Though it does requrire you to have a area to be able to work on your truck.

I say replace the throwout bearing and pilot bearing. Its possible with lots of parts for any truck or car to be a new be defective. If you get someone to help you pull the tranny it would'nt cost that much to buy both the bearings.

If you need a refernce, my brother lives in Paseo Robles. He helped me pull my tranny on my luv and did some mechanic work in the Marines on trucks including Hum V's and other trucks.

hey zane what is your bros name, how old is he? he might have seen my luv sometime. there is a couple yellow ones, a white one and i think there is a blue one. oh and i have seen an orange one but dont know if lives here. mine is yellow 4x4 not the yellow one that lives by the high school.

hey LIL BLUE whats with the pussing out thing? lol i just need something that has enough power to haul my motor cycle and beable to get on the freeway!!! and that isnt so outdated! sorry man but you could buy it tho!!!

My brothes name is Adam, he's 25 and drives a 97 white toyota tacoma xtra cab 4x4. If you see it from behind there is a "tool" sticker on rear window.