Clutch trouble PSD Ford

Truck is a 6 speed.

Thank you for any help you can offer--

mud

Finally get slave cylinder. Not the problem. The ring around the original clutch failed, sending spring into pressure plate.ford puke says Sorry, 3 yr 100K on motor done 62K on truck. $1200 to fix. Purchased luk clutch, $524. 6 smaller springs instead of 3 big ones on fomoco original. $378 labor + new pilot bearing.

Original clutch still has 90% of disc.

Show original to fomoco ask WTF, over. Says call customer service. Good I cannot reach thru phone to rip throat out of "customer service rep".

How we know it is clutch? I say have pics want em? NO!
I could go on, about ready to shoot computer but is just the messenger.
Sorry this is hard to read. Hard to see typing thru red eyes.

I'm sorry germane- closely related, pertinent. a remark germane to the subject.

you have the option not to read my comments. Use it. In the future I will put "720deere do not read this" in subject so you are not duped into reading.

Have a deere day, deere.

You also had the option not to read my comments, or at least to not respond to them. Funny how everybody else is a puke. Don"t rant about something that you are absolutely wrong about. A clutch is next to impossible to have replaced under warranty. Even if the truck was only 2 months old, the clutch is a wear part and is almost never covered. Read the fine print, vehicle warranties generally do not cover wear parts such as clutch or brakes.

Once again I will state the facts for you. September 1998 to even January 2004 (you said about a year ago) would be over 5 years. You stated yourself that the warranty was 3 years OR 100k miles. You then proceeded to act indignant about the fact that the truck only had 62k miles and was out of warranty after 5 years. You don"t get both. It"s one or the other.

As far as you Jim D in Ohio, SIUYAAGFY!

casey in SD

mud

I never changed one so only passing info that I've read. From what I here you don't wanna buy the seperate master and slave as there a real PITA to bleed. You have to bleed from the slave with the master higher than the slave but the slave is extremely tuff to push in.

The Ford CD manual says they have to be bench bleed as described above. Don't make awhole lot of sence to push in the slave ram to bleed air into the master.

Now if they have a bleeder valve on the slave then I can't see why you can't bleed from the master as normal... maybe cause the slave is PLASTIC!!!

From Ford, the complete units, pre-bleed is about $125??? Gees I just can't remember but that sounds right.

T_Bone

So how does a pre-bled deal work? Is it sealed and full of DOT3 when you buy it? If so, then the tube between the slave and the master must be plastic too?

Holler at ford. Maybe if enough of us do, something will give.

You might give Bob Riley a chance at the LUK price. I've only made one order with him (another part) but have talked with Bob on the net for the past 5yrs or so and with nary a ill word towards his business from other posters.

Link

Say? Would you drain the transmission and tranfer case and refill with synthetic atf while doing the clutch job? I hear good things about the stuff.

Thanks again for your help with this. Nice to be able to ask guys here.

mud

Charles

mud