Replaced your clutch and flywheel?

[Bronco_007]

1974 wagon. Stock 302, 3 on the tree.

Got new clutch kit coming.

Any tips or tricks when replacing clutch, flywheel, bearing, etc?

Will be doing on floor of garage. Have jack stands for extra space and my three ton floor jack.

 

[fluffybunny]

Remove the two top outside bolts to the bellhousing/block and go to the hardware store and buy two more just a tad bit longer. Cut the heads off of the new ones and cut a groove in it where you can fit a flat blade screwdriver. Once you drop the transmission, install the bolts that you cut the heads off of into the block to use as guide pins when you reinstall, then remove those and reinstall the originals. It makes stabbing the transmission much easier.

Get at least 1 more person to tackle removal and installation. Look at buying the cheapest transmission jack if possible. Dropping the trans and tcase together isn't bad. We fought with mine on installation leaving them bolted together. I finally gave in and took the tcase off and installed.

 

[Broncobowsher]

Does the engine need anything done to it as well? Oil pan gasket? Could be worth it to pull everything out from under the hood.

Normal clutch job tip. Make sure you lift up on the alignment tool just a little bit as you start tightening up the pressure plate. The tool needs to move freely in and out. Not a tight fit that needs force to pull it out.

If you seperate the transfer case. There is a thing about locking the shift shafts into a position that keep the output shaft from falling out of place. If you pull the transfer case and transmission as a package, not an issue.

Never use a bellhousing bolt to (suck it up). Finger the bolts in as you work it in. The only wrench work needed should be to tighten parts up. Never to pull them together.

Bellhousing stays on the transmission. Learned that the hard way, trying to fish the clutch fork into place with the throw out bearing as you try to install the transmission into the bellhousing. Having the whole fork/throw out bearing squared away on the transmission is a lot easier.

Top bellhousing bolts are usually easier from on top of the engine, under the hood.

 

[pcf_mark]

In two posts you got the best possible tips. If you exhaust is in the area take that off it is not work trying to struggle even more.

 

[Bronco_007]

That’s why this site is THE BEST. Appreciate you all. Have a great weekend.

 

[fluffybunny]

One more tip. About 3-4 feet of extensions for your ratchet set-up. You can lay back by the tcase and feed the socket up to your bolts near the top to tighten them up. That beats getting maybe a 1/4 turn without them.

 

[don k]

I pulled the engine. Did not have a transmission jack or any help. Only thing I did wrong was leaving the bellhousing on the engine.

 

[B RON CO]

Hi, put a floor jack with a block of wood under the oil pan because the motor mounts are not enough to hold up the engine. Good luck