Let's Talk About Clutches
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Let's Talk About Clutches
I recently had some work done to my truck, a 1994 F-150 w/4.9L I-6 and a 5-speed. The work included replacing the clutch, throwout bearing, and the pressure plate, among other things. The problem, though, is the clutch feels much different now than it used to. The clutch pedal used to start to engage right after the pedal started coming up. Now there is some "dead space" before it engages and then it engages suddenly instead of gradually. Is there some sort of easy adjustment that can be made to fix this, or could it be more involved than that? I might take it back to the shop that did the work, but they are in another town, and it's hard to get the truck back up there. Thanks in advance for any help.
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Let's Talk About Clutches
Was the slave valve replaced ? Thats usually what fails before any of the clutch parts die . Was the flywheel resurfaced ? Did you use Ford parts ? A lot of times the F150's come with a 10 in clutch & pressure plate & when the replacement is done an 11 in clutch & pressure plate is installed , that changes the way the pedal reacts .
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Oh boy, I know exactly what you are talking about.
What needs to be done, from what I can tell, is two things.
1. The pressure plate needs to relax a little bit. Driving and clutching will do that.
2. The slave cylinder needs to hold a higher constant pressure when the pedal is not depressed. This supposedly can be accomplished by pushing the pedal down slowly, then pulling the pedal up quickly many times in succession until the engagement point is near the middle of the throw.
I haven't had 1. happen yet and I didn't get much pedal travel back by doing 2. But that is what I was told and my manual seems to agree.
Randy
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What needs to be done, from what I can tell, is two things.
1. The pressure plate needs to relax a little bit. Driving and clutching will do that.
2. The slave cylinder needs to hold a higher constant pressure when the pedal is not depressed. This supposedly can be accomplished by pushing the pedal down slowly, then pulling the pedal up quickly many times in succession until the engagement point is near the middle of the throw.
I haven't had 1. happen yet and I didn't get much pedal travel back by doing 2. But that is what I was told and my manual seems to agree.
Randy
88 302 M5OD
