For two months I been telling my truck to install my new SB clutch and still nothing.Stupid truck. So I have to do it myself. Beside motivation. I’m going to pick up a few things just in case I need them. Rear engine seal, transmission oil and RTV silicon……Is there anything else? I hate running back and forth to get parts.

 

do you have a alignment tool? I will sometimes use a shaft out of an old tranny,, just something to align that puppy,, I also like to have lots of brakeclean handy when I am doing any work under there. And now that I am getting used to those nitrite gloves too, they are awesome to help keep the oil and grease off of the fibres.

I see your truck is in the same union as mine,, cant get it to do any of the stuff it is supposed to have done!!

Kevin

 

Got a alignment tool with the clutch....I can't really think of anything else..I better search the forum and find out what oil I need for the trans and contact Tate to find out how to remove the trans shifter...

 

It should be either a plate at the top or push in and remove a pin, it will make itself pretty plain one you pull the boot off

Kevin

 

You shouldn't need any gear oil, unless you happen to roll your tranny over when you have the shifter out. You will need ATF for the t-case. When we pulled Kenny's tranny, it was about a half litre that came out, so a litre should cover you. Or just change it all out at once. Make sure you get the Castrol Syntorque for the tranny. Brake clean or contact cleaner to clean your fly wheel and pressure plate and misc. surfaces. Scraper to clean surfaces. If your rear main isn't leaking, I wouldn't touch it personally.

If you have a plastic alignment tool, I'd throw it away, I'll have an input shaft you can use come the end of this week. In fact, you can come out and help me put mine in for practice for yours. When I did my last clutch, the plastic tool wouldn't align the discs properly and I fought with the tranny for an hour before I got fed up, yanked the new shaft and aligned the discs with that and the tranny went in with about 2 minutes of fighting.

 

Sounds good Tate...If you need a hand with your trans,give me a call.

 

What have you got going on next weekend? We could do both of ours in a weekend.

 

Nothing planed for this long weekend...If you want I could drive down to Airdire and we could get both trucks done...Maybe we should borrow Mikes transmission jack..

 

I picked up a tranny jack. His might be better, I don't know. I got one from Princess Junk, so its ok, but not the best by any means.

 

I rented a heavy duty jack from Hertz for pulling Eaton trannys. Worked like a darn and just pulled the T-case and tranny together. The cross member is tapered, hammer up as well as forward to get it out. Clean the frame and the cross member up good and use a little grease film to slide it back into place.

The longest part is the putzin around with all the little things before you can actually pull the tranny off.

 

We did Kenny's a couple weeks ago. Worst part was getting everything aligned to get the input shaft into the disc. Really made me appreciate the 2wd jobs I did previously. The plan is to do both our trucks on the weekend. Should be pros by the end.

 

Hardcore Tate... You are now officially part of the Two Clowns group by now aren't you?

 

Oh no.....That means I will be getting tools dropped on my head.....I better wear a helmet...

 

The only thing I see is missing is the beer. Makes this go abit more smoother not biter. My tranny jack is just an car jack adapter as every tranny jack didn't drop down enough for me to pull the transmission out from under the truck. You guys shouldn't have that problem. You just have to pull the tranny back enough to get at the clutch. If you have a big inch exhaust you might curse some as the top tranny bolts are a bugger. Tate, did you leave the transfer case attached to the tranny or you remove it on Kenny truck? You probably could get away with leaving it attached, but you'll have to get the chains on tight around the transmission. The DTR pit crew in action. Too bad I'm going camping sounds like a fun fun afternoon.

 

Just stay clear!!! Seriously though, good luck with it..