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Just not my week (and a half)...........
My DD is down about 300 miles from home, waiting on a trip to my local garage to be repaired. My pickup (daily chores and standby driver) has had the clutch slipping off and on for quite a while and I procrastinated (a very, very, very bad thing to do). Today, I had to drive it to work. halfway there, the clutch just went no move, lay there like a rock, **** up. Just ordered the kit, rear main, trans input seal, and slave cyl from rock auto. Truck will be towed to my local guy to replace it. The idea was to do it myself when the weather was warmer and the horses were all outside (ease up on the chores and free up some time), but Murphy's Law is alive and well. Had I have done it last summer............
Anyway boys and girls, if you don't get anything else out of my posts, take the advise and fix problems when they appear or park it until you get it fixed. Milk it along and the cow will dry up at the worst times.........
Positive side is I won't have to get dirty changing a clutch
Dave
My DD is down about 300 miles from home, waiting on a trip to my local garage to be repaired. My pickup (daily chores and standby driver) has had the clutch slipping off and on for quite a while and I procrastinated (a very, very, very bad thing to do). Today, I had to drive it to work. halfway there, the clutch just went no move, lay there like a rock, **** up. Just ordered the kit, rear main, trans input seal, and slave cyl from rock auto. Truck will be towed to my local guy to replace it. The idea was to do it myself when the weather was warmer and the horses were all outside (ease up on the chores and free up some time), but Murphy's Law is alive and well. Had I have done it last summer............
Anyway boys and girls, if you don't get anything else out of my posts, take the advise and fix problems when they appear or park it until you get it fixed. Milk it along and the cow will dry up at the worst times.........
Positive side is I won't have to get dirty changing a clutch
Dave
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Sorry to hear of your problems,
Murphys law is very active. Let us know how it turns out. Do you have the m50d or the ZF? Never heard of many 5.8 manuals. Make sure that the flywheel is resurfaced or preferably replaced and the throwout and pilot bearings probably should be replaced, although some kits contain all this. Good luck with everything and look at the bright side, now it will be done for awhile and you can worry about other things.
Later,
Paul
Murphys law is very active. Let us know how it turns out. Do you have the m50d or the ZF? Never heard of many 5.8 manuals. Make sure that the flywheel is resurfaced or preferably replaced and the throwout and pilot bearings probably should be replaced, although some kits contain all this. Good luck with everything and look at the bright side, now it will be done for awhile and you can worry about other things.
Later,
Paul
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Just remembered something that I thought I read somewhere here. When the shop removes the driveshaft, do they need to mark it and put it back the same way? Anything else I have to stress to the mech. that is special to these trucks? He's never had one in his shop for anything, let alone a clutch.
Thanks, Dave
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It wouldn't be a bad idea for them to mark it at the diffy flange and put it back on the same way there. I have heard of vibrations caused by this, and took the time to avoid it when I did my rear main seal. Now, it's marked permanently, so even with U-Joint replacements, it'll go back on with the same rotation (assuming I don't rotate it 180 when I put the U-joint in the shaft) with respect to the pinion. not sure the other end at the tranny makes any difference. You'll get mixed response on this, I'm sure. Might not make any difference, but certainly can't hurt, though.
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