Which way for release bearing

Evenin,

Last time I had the engine out I asked on the OC which way the release bearing went:





I don't think anybody could answer at the time so went with the top option as this felt the best fluid movement wise. Is that correct?  It didn't cause any problems for 9 years.

Gaz

I dlnt think it matters too much mate .... you not plate welding the clutch fork then ????

Says in the manual pay attention to the direction of the bearing retainer.. I'll stick it the way I've had it previously then.

With regards to welding the fork, err I kinda forgot I'm going to hope it'll be fine, there wasn't any cracking etc when I cleaned it, standard clutch no heavy thing so should be fine

Really they should make it bloody clearer in the diagram then
Even on a standard clutch its a worthy mod and cheap to do if you own a welder .....

The second looks right to me

Sorry to drag a old thread up, but has anyone figured out what is the right way for bearing tabs to face?

Gaz GTiR wrote:Sorry to drag a old thread up, but has anyone figured out what is the right way for bearing tabs to face?

To be honest I hardly think it matters. I've forgotten to put the lock tabs on the bearing before and you would never even have known. ran it that way for years.

??? How did it attach to the forks? was it not noisey?

You know, you'd think so, but I never noticed! When I pulled the trans back out to do a tear down, I was like "Holy shit, it's been this way the whole time?" hahahaha

Hmm that's mad lol