I just bought me a 1999 F150 4wd , 4spd w/OD .... and the throwout bearing makes a noise , can i remove the dust cover and grease it , i aint got the truck home yet so i cant look , my dad says he knows on some of them you can remove the dust cover and fix it. So can i remove it on this tranny and grease it ? or have i got to drop the trans ? If i have to drop the trans , im gonna go ahead and put a new clutch and pressure plate in it , while im in there....

Thanks for the help

Dustin

 

I'm pretty sure that the transmission has to come out to service the bearing. Good luck!

 

danggggggg ..... anybody else kno ?

 

you definitely can not remove any throwout bearing without pulling the tranny....they are on the input shaft......

 

i know that lol .... but does the TOB have a grease fittin on it ? so i can remove the dust cover and grease it ?

 

my 01 was non servicable, replace or keep what you got. It's built in to the slave IIRC

 

No grease fitting on the release bearing. Take it from me, just figure on replacing the clutch assy and the release bearing/slave cylinder ASSEMBLY. You'll much happier in the long run!!
My 150's have all been automatics but on Rangers and Bronco II's I have replaced clutches and changed the bearing without replacing the slave cylinder but on two occasions had to go back, pull the transmission again and replace the slave cylinder. It's a real kicker for it to start leaking fluid shortly after having it all torn apart. Learned MY lesson there! I suppose the increased clutch spring pressure on the heavy duty parts was more than the old slave could handle. It's a whole lot less painful doing it once instead of twice!!

 

yeah i had to pull mine to...and i redid all the bearings in my transmission...one was even sized to the shaft so i had to buy a input(i think it was the input) new shaft and gear.

also while you are replacing your pressure plate and clutch pads....might as well get your flywheel done...i took mine to the same place i bought my pressure plate and they milled it down smooth free of charge.

THNX
Duggy

 

danggggg , man this sucks haha ..... i dread it .... may pay somebody to do it lol ....thanks for all the help fellas , preciate it