I've done a search and can't find any posts from anyone who's done an install. I plan on installing one this weekend on my 04 6.0 and was wondering if i need any special tools or if there are any special tricks to the install. Thanks in advance for the help.

 

If I recall correctly.. Socket and a pully puller you will need... Getting it off is a PITA, putting it on is easy...

 

Here's a thread from Southern California PowerStrokes with some linked pics and install info: www.socaps.com/vBulletin/showthread.php?t=4341&highlight=fluidamper

Hope this helps!

 

thanks for the help. from what i'm hearing all i need is the new torque to yield bolts. i have a puller but it sounds like it's not necessary. I'll let you all know how i make out and i'll try to take some pics.

 

It took me a couple hours with a friend helping. The hardest part was torquing the TTY bolts that last 90* after hitting the torque to XX lb/ft (plus 90*). I think if I had used an impact gun it would not have been nearly so difficult. I used regular hand tools to do the install. The installation instructions that came with mine were pretty straightforward.

 

Did you pry the flywheel so it wouldnt move?

 

thedaddycat, did it make a difference in how your truck ran, more power?? run smoother??? Ive been thinking about installing one as well.

 

Is this better for vibration and required for higher RPM?? thanks

 

It's my understanding that yes it helps with vibration and from what i've read guys spinning high rpm's are using them at the track. from the other forums i've researched the guys running them have said it's been the best money spent.

 

It seemed to help smooth out the engine somewhat. You have to bear in mind that I usually don't go over 2000 RPM most of the time, usually if I do it's because I'm going up a hill and the tranny won't shift sooner. That's not to say that I never jump on it, just that it's a fairly rare thing for me. I do recall that someone posted that the Fluidampr showed real world dyno proven gains of something like 15 HP and 25 lb/ft, but I'm sure that's at engine speeds that I'll almost never see. I put it on for the same reason I've done most of the mods that I have on my truck, to help the reliability and longevity of the truck.

Look at my signature, what do you see? Extra filters, high capacity covers, bigger wipers, better balancer and elbow.... Not too much for "souping it up", though the tunes and exhaust make that possible if I want to go that route.

Storm, the way I held the flywheel was to use a pipe wrench on the back side of the pulley. Imagine that the pipe wrench is the capital letter F and the circumfrence of the pulley as the letter O. Put one jaw inside and one outside the circle. As the wrench tries to move off to one side(due to rotation of the pulley) the jaws tighten because they are now at an angle instead of perpendicular to the circumfrence. We use this trick all the time when wrenching in the power plant, to turn tight valve handles or for more leverage on wrenches when tightening or loosening things like flanges on main steam lines.

 

for those that are interested i don't have the tools to remove the fan clutch and i ordered them today so i'm shooting for next weekend for the install. let you know how it goes.

 

how much do they cost?? thanks

 

I have dual alternators so mine was just over 500.00 but i think the single alternator version is in the low 400.00's. my main purpose for this mod is longevity