Jdgephar
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I'm starting to feel like Paul from Fab Rats about how it's nice because I have to do it twice...
Everyone here is probably thinking I got the wrong dampener / flywheel. It's not that. It's a later engine with 50oz imbalance.
After my recent trip, I started having issues with the syncho in 3rd gear on the manual transmission. Not 100% sure why, maybe the input bearing is getting some slop in it. I have a spare, so the plan was to swap out the transmission. I figure that while I'm in there, I'll replace the clutch and flywheel.
I had the engine rebuilt not long ago, and I know it's a 50oz imbalance assembly and dampener. I bought a new manual flywheel and a clutch kit. When I compared the existing flywheel to the new one, it has the same imbalance weight on it. I got it all assembled and the freshened up transmission put in. Now I have some vibration that gets worse with engine RPM. I can feel it while sitting still and clutch dis-engaged, or on the road with the clutch engaged. It's not severe, but I can feel it, and it rattles anything that's loose in the truck.
Now the question is whether the new flywheel or the new clutch is out of balance? I've read it can be the clutch. I've also read that the flywheel maybe isn't centered on the crank?
On top of that, the new throw-out bearing squeaks when I push on the clutch. Squeak goes away when I let go of the clutch, so I know it's this new throw-out bearing. Should I expect it to break in a little bit after some use? It was a sealed part, no grease zerk for it.
Worst case, I go back to the flywheel and clutch and bearing that was in it, and just put the new friction disk in it. The old clutch really wasn't all that old, and looks in really good shape. I just figured since I was in there, why not go with new? These new parts are killing me.
Everyone here is probably thinking I got the wrong dampener / flywheel. It's not that. It's a later engine with 50oz imbalance.
After my recent trip, I started having issues with the syncho in 3rd gear on the manual transmission. Not 100% sure why, maybe the input bearing is getting some slop in it. I have a spare, so the plan was to swap out the transmission. I figure that while I'm in there, I'll replace the clutch and flywheel.
I had the engine rebuilt not long ago, and I know it's a 50oz imbalance assembly and dampener. I bought a new manual flywheel and a clutch kit. When I compared the existing flywheel to the new one, it has the same imbalance weight on it. I got it all assembled and the freshened up transmission put in. Now I have some vibration that gets worse with engine RPM. I can feel it while sitting still and clutch dis-engaged, or on the road with the clutch engaged. It's not severe, but I can feel it, and it rattles anything that's loose in the truck.
Now the question is whether the new flywheel or the new clutch is out of balance? I've read it can be the clutch. I've also read that the flywheel maybe isn't centered on the crank?
On top of that, the new throw-out bearing squeaks when I push on the clutch. Squeak goes away when I let go of the clutch, so I know it's this new throw-out bearing. Should I expect it to break in a little bit after some use? It was a sealed part, no grease zerk for it.
Worst case, I go back to the flywheel and clutch and bearing that was in it, and just put the new friction disk in it. The old clutch really wasn't all that old, and looks in really good shape. I just figured since I was in there, why not go with new? These new parts are killing me.
