I went to order a thrust race this morning for a ford 4speed,
seeing that its going to a 2lt engine ,, I said for a mk2
now they have come back and asked "is it for an RS2000" as they are different.
so I checked out 3 thrust races I have here still on gearboxes and they are bigger faced
what is right or wrong
I have a heavy duty pressure plate I think??? as the forks a stick out and are not flat faced
any help would be appreciated
Jim

Hi Jim
I have come across 4 or 5 different bearings, as a rule of thumb test all your bearings to see that they meet with the pressure plate fingers on the surface without to much overhang of the fingers. usually on the ones with a bend right on the bend. on the stright finger plates contact should be at least 4 or 5mm up the finger to the end. Check that the bearing you select fits onto the carrier or carriers you have. next check that when the box is bolted up to the block the clutch arm /bearing combo is not pushing on the fingers when the arm is fully back against the box. if there is lots of clearence between the bearing and the fingers you may need to use the RS2000 type of clutch arm block that goes under the arm pivot. if you need a block they are easy to make and you will need a longer pivot bolt, again easy to get allen key bolt from engineering supply shop (just down rd from you ). the block is about 18mm from memory. if you have problem give me a call.

Thanks Phil,
see how I go
Jim

The book listings separate RS2000 because in the UK they were different but here the clutch was just a regular 2 litre job.  That was fine when they were new but close to useless now.  As HENDO said it depends on the pressure plate fitted now as to which braring you need.
 
If your pressure plate is a standard type (no curl on the end of the fingers) you need the standard 2 litre type that is pressed on to the steel carrier
 
If your pressure plate is the more modern style with curled finger ends you need the integral plastic carrier bearing (this is what would be in the UK RS2000 listings).
 
Unfortunateky there is no real way of telling what you have unless you are looking at your clutch with either the engine out or the gearbox out.
 
Using the wrong bearing for your clutch type will mean you will be pulling it out again pretty soon when it fails.

I do have the engine and box and all stuff pulled apart. I have a pressure plate with high fingers / forks and it is as you said Gdub , the thrust that was matching that does have the plastic or bakolite look about it. I have taken sample in hand and have organised  a new one.