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I have a 1990 jeep wrangler, the throwout bearing in the clutch has gone out for the second time. Is there a way of using the linkage from a new model to eliminate the doughnut hydraulic throwout?

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Try using a bearing that is in a metal casiing and not a plastic piece of junk that comes in the clutch kit nowdays ,they always end up going wrong where bearing melts the holder ,unless you can fit a thin telecamit tube and a grease nipple so clutch bearing can be greased every few months like on a good old fashioned commercial vehicle

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