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Hey folks I am replacing my clutch tomorrow with a south bend, which includes the already pressed in Kevlar bushing. I have also ordered the input shaft repair kit from Diesel Site as a just in case. With that said can anyone help with telling me which way the pilot bearing from the repair kit gets pressed into the flywheel? There is a lip on the outer diameter of the bearing and a seal on one end so I am assuming it only goes one direction.
^^^ Hope he's right, that's how I did mine 4 years ago
Make sure and lube it up with quality grease first. A very very very light amount on the input splines to help the TO bearing slide freely, along with trace amounts on the throw out bearing where it slides a tiny amount on the fork, and a small dab on the plastic fork pivot point.
Not enough to get slung anywhere tho!
Also, if your alignment tool is like mine it's hollow plastic, tap and thread a 1/4" 20 bolt into the end and use slightly undersized washers to hold the input shaft repair sleeve to the alignment tool so the sleeve stays on the tool when you bolt and line up the pressure plates. Then install the sleeve on input shaft
^^^ Hope he's right, that's how I did mine 4 years ago
Make sure and lube it up with quality grease first. A very very very light amount on the input splines to help the TO bearing slide freely, along with trace amounts on the throw out bearing where it slides a tiny amount on the fork, and a small dab on the plastic fork pivot point.
Not enough to get slung anywhere tho!
Also, if your alignment tool is like mine it's hollow plastic, tap and thread a 1/4" 20 bolt into the end and use slightly undersized washers to hold the input shaft repair sleeve to the alignment tool so the sleeve stays on the tool when you bolt and line up the pressure plates. Then install the sleeve on input shaft
Thanks for the info Wes. Got the new clutch installed yesterday. Fortunately the input shaft was fine and the old pilot bearing was still functioning. So I stuck with using the Kevlar bushing, I have read mixed reviews about it but time will tell how it holds up.
Over all the job I went well and thanks to you guys and all of the posts on this site it makes these jobs much easier. Worst part was stabbing the input shaft back into the clutch. Took me and the old man most of the day but we got it done.
If your doing it from the ground go buy 2 bellhousing bolts a little longer then what you have. Cut heads off of them and the grind a slot in the end for a flat head screwdriver. Thread them in and make 2 long dowel pines with them. Will help a ton getting it all lined back up rign. The just screw them out and put bellhousing bolt in.
05-19-2023, 08:02 PM
