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Clutch not smooth

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Old 01-23-2015, 05:25 AM
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Changed clutch, pressure plate, pilot and resurfaced the flywheel about a year ago with all NAPA.
Now 35K miles later the clutch pedal became sticky and harder than normal to fully release.
I pulled the tranny tonight. The guide is very sticky.
I have $200 worth of new OEM dodge parts i picked up today.
Dodge Factory Throwout bearing, Pivot arm (Throwout bar), Nylon ball stud for end of arm, Pilot bearing, Springs and 5 quarts of NV45400 lube.
Questions
1) What grease do I use for yoke on tranny? Any? or Dry????
2) What grease for pilot bearing? I used red and tacky last time and Pilot still looks great
3) What grease for nylon ball stud at each end?
4) What grease for clutch splines? any?
 
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Old 01-25-2015, 01:11 AM
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1) Grease not required, but some red grease won't hurt anything.
2) Same grease as last time
3) A little of the same red grease
4) No grease. You don't want any grease to fling out and get on the pressure plate of friction area of the disc.
 
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Old 01-26-2015, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by lxman1
1) Grease not required, but some red grease won't hurt anything.
2) Same grease as last time
3) A little of the same red grease
4) No grease. You don't want any grease to fling out and get on the pressure plate of friction area of the disc.
Thanks for the reply. It's all back in now and working great. I found a nv4500 video on YouTube

For the yoke grease is packed into a design feature of the throw out bearing. I followed his recommendation and thus far good to go. Thanks again for your reply.
 


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