Hi Guys, Having some clutch issues with my 2000 360 gated. I knew this was going to be an issue before purchasing the car, but it feels like it might be the throwout bearing. I read somewhere this was a common issue with the 2000 models. Does anyone have any experience with this that would kindly like to share? What are all the parts needed and what kind of money should I be expecting to fork out? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Cheers!
My car is a '02 F360 manual... In 2012 I had to change the throw-out bearing, because it was becoming almost impossible to shift in and out of gear... Furthermore, at high RPM I would completely lose the clutch pedal to the ground... The throw out bearing was leaking... I thought about the Hill Engineering part, but decided to keep my car 100% stock and replaced it with the Ferrari part. (they told me that the clutch becomes slightly more abrupt with Hill part) I also did a clutch replacement, since it was an opportunity as the transmission was removed. It cost me about EUR 2000 in parts and EUR 1500 in labor... (independent mechanic of course and parts from on-line parts website from the UK) Do it and you will see huge improvement in shifting... My mechanic mentioned that if you let the clutch this was, there is risk in significant damage to the transmission as it puts too much strain on the syncros...
Yanni, Perhaps you could share the symptoms that you're having? IN general if there is a problem with the clutch or the throwout bearing the transmission must be separated from the engine and removed from the car. From there you always put in another clutch and fix whats in there as there is a lot of hours work to get to that point. The seals around the throwout bearing as above are known to fail and when you press the clutch pedal, pressure to disengage the clutch is diminished.
Yanni - The release bearing has 6 different seals inside of it (172970, 208014, 172972, 154508, 154507, and 154551), all of which come pre-installed in the Hill Engineering bearing that we keep in stock at Ricambi America: CRB360/430MS 6-speed Clutch Release Bearing (234943). If it is simply a seal in your bearing that has failed, indeed you could just replace the seals -- but as others in the thread have suggested, there's a bunch of labor to reach the bearing itself, so for many owners it does make sense to also replace the clutch (201680 360 CLUTCH ASSEMBLY) during the same service. Finally, if the car is super-low milage and this is the first clutch replacement, you'd be well advised to check if it still has the original 3-bolt ring gear which (probably?) should be swapped out for the 5-bolt version.
