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Originally Posted by pungo
The TO bearing is just slightly away from the pressure plate when the pedal is not being pressed; therefore the bearing is NOT spinning.
If what you are saying was true, the TO bearing would be spinning the entire time the car is running and wouldn't last too long.
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On older mechanical lever style and cable style systems there are return springs that pull the TO bearing mount back away from the pressure plate. On hydraulic systems the pressure plate pushes the TO bearing back so it only moves as far as it's pushed so incidental contact happens. Here's a photo of an E90 TO bearing installed, but the E85 is the same. As you can see the rod from the slave cylinder can only push on the lever, there's no connection for it to pull it back. Z4 TO bearing lever and bearing assy also shown in photo below for reference.