Finished 5-speeed swap now car dies when I press the clutch

[drewssc400]

I finished up my 5 speed swap today on my S14. Everything went smooth except getting the auto. pilot bushing thing out was a PITA. Anyways, the car drives just fine except if the car is idling and I press the clutch pedal down I hear some noise and the RPMs fall to 2-300 and sometimes it will stall out. When I'm driving and press the clutch to shift gears all is well. I'm :confused:

Any ideas???

[chigga311]

Check your release bearing.
Did you buy a new one and put it in or re-use an old one??

[drewssc400]

Brand new TO and pilot bearing

[mikeroy420]

I dont want to insult you, but did you put the release bearing in backwards. The symptoms you list kinda sound like it.

[drewssc400]

None taken :hs: You know I was thinking the same thing. the TO bearing that I got didn't resemble the old one that I took out. The front and back face of it looked completely different. But I went with it anyways thinking that maybe it was a new design or something. Both faces of it were smooth and the one that I took out had a smooth face and the other side had a ring on it that you could spin (if that makes any since at all). Looks like I'll be popping off the tranny again! Thanks

[chigga311]

The face that spins should go up against the pressure player fingers

[drewssc400]

Will an OEM TO bearing work with an aftermarket clutch? The new TO bearing I put on was a little bit bigger diameter than the old one that I took off the transmission. The clutch is just a stage 1 off EBAY.

[mikeroy420]

I would try to get the same one that came with the clutch kit.

[drewssc400]

Maybe I can just turn the one that's in there around.