new clutch.problems
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Burning Brakes
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new clutch.problems
Installed new,ram clutch,pressure plate,throw,out bearing.After 100 miles.Pedal feels like its binding a,little.Creaking sort of feeling . looked at throw out bearing with camera through hole for clutch fork.Saw fine metalic dust particles. None on pressure plate.Lubed everything when I installed it.Any ideas before I yank it out yet again . thanks
Melting Slicks
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Installed new,ram clutch,pressure plate,throw,out bearing.After 100 miles.Pedal feels like its binding a,little.Creaking sort of feeling . looked at throw out bearing with camera through hole for clutch fork.Saw fine metalic dust particles. None on pressure plate.Lubed everything when I installed it.Any ideas before I yank it out yet again . thanks
Just make sure the pivot ball is screwed all the way in and you can do that with a 3/8" Allen wrench right below the upper/left 1/2" NC transmission mounting bolt.
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It looks good.Thats the weird thing.It doesn't bind when engine is of just running.It has travel but makes a strange creaking noise when you depress it with engine running.Didnt start doing it till after less than 100 miles on it
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.Lubed the crossbar with synthetic grease also.
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Burning Brakes
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Does it make the noise when you hold the pedal depressed or only when moving the pedal?
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Installed new,ram clutch,pressure plate,throw,out bearing.After 100 miles.Pedal feels like its binding a,little.Creaking sort of feeling . looked at throw out bearing with camera through hole for clutch fork.Saw fine metalic dust particles. None on pressure plate.Lubed everything when I installed it.Any ideas before I yank it out yet again . thanks
With the engine running, using a flashlight, make sure the throw-out bearing is not spinning, meaning it's contacting the fingers of the pressure plate. If it is, you're have to back-off on the adjustment, until it stops spinning or floating on the fingers. Some times the clutch linkage spring gets tired and allows the t/o bearing to float on the fingers, so that's something else to check-out.
Is the new clutch a replacement for the OEM meaning that it is also a diaphragm type?
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I always worry about making sure the throw-out bearing is not riding on the pressure plate fingers when the clutch is engaged.
With the engine running, using a flashlight, make sure the throw-out bearing is not spinning, meaning it's contacting the fingers of the pressure plate. If it is, you're have to back-off on the adjustment, until it stops spinning or floating on the fingers. Some times the clutch linkage spring gets tired and allows the t/o bearing to float on the fingers, so that's something else to check-out.
Is the new clutch a replacement for the OEM meaning that it is also a diaphragm type?
With the engine running, using a flashlight, make sure the throw-out bearing is not spinning, meaning it's contacting the fingers of the pressure plate. If it is, you're have to back-off on the adjustment, until it stops spinning or floating on the fingers. Some times the clutch linkage spring gets tired and allows the t/o bearing to float on the fingers, so that's something else to check-out.
Is the new clutch a replacement for the OEM meaning that it is also a diaphragm type?
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Installed new,ram clutch,pressure plate,throw,out bearing.After 100 miles.Pedal feels like its binding a,little.Creaking sort of feeling . looked at throw out bearing with camera through hole for clutch fork.Saw fine metalic dust particles. None on pressure plate.Lubed everything when I installed it.Any ideas before I yank it out yet again . thanks
Did you put a little grease on the bearing retainer where the release bearing slides. If not it will feel crunchy/bindy when hot. A good synthetic hi temp grease is recommended.
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Burning Brakes
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When moving and only with engine running.Stuck camera in bell housing and saw fine metalic particles around fork and throw out bearing for some crazy reason.Lubed everything according to manual when installed.
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Sounds like something is getting chewed up. Unfortunately the only way to tell what's going on is to remove the transmission and check.