Pressure Plate and Throw Out Bearings Comparison

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Here's a quick tech tip on pressure plates and throw out bearings used in Air Cooled VWs.

 

Early style (1970 & earlier) clutch and throw out bearing has a collar on the pressure plate fingers, round tabs, removable clips on the throw out bearing, and does not have any guide sleeve around the input shaft.

Picture showing early style throwout bearing removable clips

 

Late style (1971 & later) clutch and throw out bearing has a guide sleeve, flat tabs, clips are molded into the throw out bearing, and no collar on the pressure plate fingers.

Picture showing late style throw out bearing with flat tabs

 

Some aftermarket pressure plates may have a removable collar so they can work with early and late style - like this KEP/Kennedy model.

Picture showing kennedy brand pressure plate with removable center collar

 

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