Throw out bearing

Question?
I fastened the stay cable (cable between the bell housing and transmission mount)and then went for a drive, the clutch sounds like a throwout bearing going out.
The transmission is also making funny sounds.
I remove it and not more sounds, is it possibe that i have the tension to tight?
Any ideas?? Do I really need this cable?
Oh ya, 1966 CJ5 225 3 speed T86/Dana20
New clutch throwout bearings ETC. ETC
Hydraulic clutch as well.

Thanks.
Terry

 

If you look at the forked mount on the cross-member where the ball end of the cable mounts you will notice that the bracket is not very heavy metal. If you over-tighten the cable it will just bend the bracket. If everything is right, then tightening this cable should have no effect on TO/Tranny. The thing is though that over-tightening can shift things around if you have loose bolts /broken tranny mount etc. As you have the Hyd clutch is very puzzling. Are you maybe torquing the shift tower over to the floor cover amplifying the sound?

 

That is one thing i did not think of, I'll give it a shot Thursday.
Thanks,

Terry

 

That is what it was, who would have thought.
Thanks Walt.

 

Glad you got it and wasn't anything serious.

 

What does the engine stay cable actually do? I forgot to put mine back in and haven't noticed any difference, didn't know I forgot it till I cleaned shop
and found it on the bench.

 

I believe it's original design was to hold the drive train in it's set position in case of a sudden stop such as a collision. Some claim it stops rear wheel hop when backing up.

 

I chucked mine years ago and haven't noticed any "un-approved" behaviour. I think it's called a torque cable. If all your other mounts are in good shape I can't see that the cable really does anything.