mysterync

95 Dodge 3500
South Bend 13 1.25 con of
New Flywheel
Rebuilt 5spd from enterprise
4x4

Hey guys,
I just got everything done on the dodge. Fired it up and couldnt get it in gear . Just for refrence, i cut the truck off , put it in gear and fired it back up . The truck trys to pull with the clutch in, but with the breaks locked it slips for a min. then kills the truck . I never gave it any fuel, or let the clutch out. I was wondering what to do? Ive checked the slave cy. it appears to be okay. I hear movment in the bellhousing like a squeak when you push the clutch. I thought maybe it had rust welded to the flywheel , but if it was that, it would have come unstuck and been fine instead of slipping right? Theres some possibility that the Pressure Plate was over tightend, could this be the reason?
If it is, is there anyway of fixing it without taking it all back out?
If i cant, its going to the dodge place, im tired of messing with it?
How much will it cost me

Thanks for any help,
Lucas

Homestead

Had a CON OFE just installed in my truck.. Had a very similar problem to yours. Hard to get into gear, slow shifts, truck would creep at lights with the clutch pushed in, etc

Turned out to be the pilot bearing was faulty. Had to pull it all back out and replace it. Truck runs awesome now, no problems.

Sounds like you have the same problem, sorry!

mysterync

Thanks for the help homestead, i think ill just take it to the evil ole dodge place, im so tired of dealing with stuff like this. i guess its true you have to bay to play. If it is the piolt , how much work or how much will it cost?
Atleast its about done ,i wana see if i cant get it by monday of next week , maybe this friday : ) Thanks for the help again!
Lucas

Homestead

Re & Re'd mine in about 4 hours all for a $10 pilot bearing. When we changed the clutch, the pilot bearing was replaced but was installed ever so slightly cocked to one side. That's all it takes to hang up on the input shaft.

Awesome clutch though!!! Would recommend it to anyone. It's amazing just how much power I was NOT transferring to the ground until I put a new clutch in.

thumper 549

can you verify how much travel your fork is moveing compared to someone else's??
if you had a week slave or master cyl. your new stuff might of did it in!
When you asy. it did it go to gather ez? or was there a lot of force involed (ie long bolts to pull it togather??)

mysterync

Travel Is good, It could just not have enough pres.
When we put it in, We had to pull it up, but it was through the clutch.
Thanks for the help

thumper 549

you will have to measure the trvel. as somthing is wrong, might as well figure it out and I allways start with the ez stuff 1st.