Clutch replacement tips?
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Clutch replacement tips?
Should have the new clutch kit this week, hopefully I can put it in this weekend. Any tips to make life easier with the install? Its a '99 250 SD, 5.4, 5 spd. Should the flywheel be turned, or only if any groves? The clutch actually feels pretty good, no probs, but the throw-out bearing is shot. Might as well replace everything whilst I'm in there.
I ordered it from Carolina Clutch, seems like good folks.
Thanks,
Rick
I ordered it from Carolina Clutch, seems like good folks.
Thanks,
Rick
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I've never done a SD clutch, but I've done plenty on older pickups with the 351's, 460's, etc
Since I'm in there, I always have the flywheel cut.
I even change the pilot bearing. (In the old engines anyway, the pilot bearing is pressed into the crankshaft .... DO NOT use a cheap bearing puller to get it out --- the bearing is easily mangled if you are not careful, and then it is a real problem to get it out.)
Good luck. Let us know how it all goes.
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Since I'm in there, I always have the flywheel cut.
I even change the pilot bearing. (In the old engines anyway, the pilot bearing is pressed into the crankshaft .... DO NOT use a cheap bearing puller to get it out --- the bearing is easily mangled if you are not careful, and then it is a real problem to get it out.)
Good luck. Let us know how it all goes.
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Originally Posted by Jim59
I even change the pilot bearing.
A good bearing puller is a must but I have done it
without a puller. I used a die grinder and ground through the bearing.For the flywheel. If you have no vibration and don't have grooves .020" deep you might get away with out turning it. You eyes will tell you the answer on this one.
WARNING. the transmission is HEAVY don't do this without proper support, jacks.
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Get help under there. 1 man cannot take out a Super Duty transmission unless he has all the fancy tools, jacks and lifts like all those weekend TV programs on Speed and Spike.
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Got the clutch kit in on sat. Replaced the main seal as well. It was pretty un-eventfull, just the expected inconvieniances, ie: one stripped bolt on the shifter mast (torx junk, replaced them with regular hardened bolts), lost the strap to the slave cylinder pushrod, found it after an hour long hunt, nothing to distressing.
Thanks for the tips, kudos to Carolina Clutch, fast shipping and great price.
Cheers
Rick
Thanks for the tips, kudos to Carolina Clutch, fast shipping and great price.
Cheers
Rick
