New Clutch/T.O. Bearing/Fluid Update

[JusticePete]

Interesting. Castrol SRF is more or less the Gold Standard for brake fluid and would not be the correct choices for this application.

[GQ4Life]

Originally Posted by BWood

This is a quote via the instructions that came with the bearing:

"You MUST use a DOT 3 non-synthetic fluid with Ram hydraulic bearings or damage to the o-rings will occur. If the hydraulics have had another type of fluid prior to installing this bearing, you MUST thoroughly flush the system before installing the Ram bearing. Old, dirty, or contaminated fluid MUST BE CHANGED.

Best bet get separate reservoir for clutch to use dot 3 then brakes can have high temp dot 4
So is the RAM T.O. bearing still working for everyone?

[calbert1999]

Originally Posted by BWood

O.k. It's been about a week since I replaced the o-rings and it is still holding up. Pedal is still hard and shifts great. I'm a little unclear though about the original problem. The ring that failed was inside the housing so I can't imagine how I could have messed that one up. Ram said not to use synthetic fluid as it will cause the o-rings to deteriorate. Does the fluid that comes from the factory synthetic? Doesn't say one way or the other in the owner's manual so I don't know. I drained the fluid anyway just to be on the safe side and put in some high temp heavy duty stuff and no failier yet. Hope this post helps anyone considering this upgrade.

I installed same product and mine fell apart too, not pleased at all so hoping it's as simple as changing a defective o-ring, or using a different fluid.

How are things holding up now?