greasable throwout bearing for V8

[Brisan]

Hi guys, I'm looking to find out if there is anyone that makes a greasable throwout bearing for a v8 landcruiser.
Reason is that I work for a company that services and repairs about 120 Cruisers and although we don't have very many worn out clutches, we have lots, heaps of throwout bearing collapses due to water.
Can't find anything on google.
Any help would be great thanks

Brian

[hulsty]

Just put a grease nipple on the side, how are you going to get in there to grease it though? Maybe run a grease line along the clutch fork out the side of the bell housing.

[Brisan]

If one was available, a flexible line and a bulkhead fitting through the side of the bell housing. Grease nipple on the outside for easy access. Going to have a look at a genuine bearing and see if its possible to adapt or take some measurements and see if any Ag companies make one.

[Willy Hilux]

Don't know if it's a good idea to put putting grease near the clutch area....

[Brisan]

Most agricultural equipment has greasable thrusts and also a lot of trucks. It's nothing new, just not normal for a 4WD. But mining vehicles are not normal.
You would have to pump a ship load of grease in to get it onto the clutch surfaces as they are forward of the thrust bearing and grease will be thrown out rather than forward.

I have pulled apart a genuine bearing to see if it could be adapted but no luck. (not a thrust bearing at all, just a ball bearing) Going to take measurements and see if anything else can be adapted.