Good Luck!

Someone will be here.

 

Thanks.. I'll need the help.
I'm kinda waiting on a few A batteries.
I want to take a few pics during the process and post for the enrichment of the forums.
I don't know if I can post pics to the forum.
It will certainly help people.
A picture is worth a thousand words right?

 

When I had my little wrangler I made it a point to repack all of my U-joints because I am not a fan of the grease they pack in those from the manufacturer. I used a high temp marine grease. If it is good enough to run underwater then there should be no issue on the road. If the driveline is going to be on the ground you should take the time to at least repack those and it will give you a good idea of what condition they are in.

Even when I buy a brand new I will push the manufacturers grease out and repack the caps. It is fast and easy to do so long as you keep track of all of those needle bearings lol.

 

Wait, a 3.9 ram 4x4? I was not aware such things existed...

 

they do exist, but I am sure they are few and far between. He is refering to his driveline having a carrier bearing. At least I think that is correct

 

Well, I replaced the T/O bearing,pressure plate and clutch disc.
Flywheel looked really good (the old disc still had a good bit of media on it so it never gouged the flywheel) so I just gave it a good scrubbing with acetone.

I drained out the trans and added 2 qts of new Penzoil Syncro mesh stuff.
Replaced the trans rear seal while I was at it.

Now, what didn't go right.

I can shift into any gear fine, until I start the engine.

The clutch feels ok and you can depress it to the floor if you want.. with some force.

This is my dads truck and he tells me it could always do that. I did not drive the truck so, no reference.


My two theories are this.

#1 I installed the clutch disc backwards?

I have the raised center portion of the disc facing the pressure plate side and the more flat side of the disc facing the flywheel.
(shoulda taken some pictures! )

No "flywheel side" markings on either the old disc or the new one

Can a pressure plate be over tightened?



#2 I let the slave cylinder rod fall out of the slave cylinder while uninstalled and loose? ( I didn't tape or restrain it and it did come out enough to flop around, thus allowing air into the system?)

Is this bleedable if that happened? Oh please tell me that it is

With the truck running, if you push in the clutch pedal, I can't hear any engagement/disengagement sounds at all. ( if any)

I pulled the slave off, pushed the piston back all the way in (a lot of force) and had my dad push the clutch in. It moves the piston out 1-1.5" Is that enough to move the fork?


So the best I can get is to pump the clutch a few times and get a slight grind when trying to get into any gear, but not actually getting into one.


Thank again for any help.

 

I dont think the stockers are bleedable.....

May need to replace master/line/slave.......

Does sound like either the slave, or master is gone though.....

 

I was afraid of that.
I'm going to pull the slave, master and reservoir and see if I cant add a bleed nipple somewhere.
If air can get into a system, air can be bleed from a system.

So I got the clutch disc installed correctly with the protruding spring hub facing the pressure plate?

Like so.


Back to work

 

That disk orientation is correct.

 

Don't mean to bump an old thread but, This community was extremely helpful to me and I don't think I could have handled the repair without you guys.
When I referred to "two driveshafts", I meant it is rear wheel drive with the main driveshaft split in two.
The clutch repair did the trick. As of 12/18/14, she is still running.
Sadly I am getting rid of this trusty old truck tomorrow.
Thanks again for all the help DodgeForum folks. You guys rock!