Blair Williams
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- DSM, Iowa
Well, if any of you read my recent thread about the installation of my tranny (Ax5, into a 1985 2.5L XJ), then you might remember that I had problems with the new clutch disc fitting on the input shaft of the tranny.
I had bought an aftermarket clutch because it was cheap, and i expected it to fit onto my vehicle, but the teeth that are supposed to meet the splines of the input shaft were 1-2 thousandths of an inch too small, so we filed them down to try to make it fit, but we got it to the point now where if we file it more it will make it worse. The disc slides freely on the shaft once its on but it has to be pounded on first, so obviously this won't do when its attached to the flywheel trying to get the tranny in. Eventually we broke down and called the local dealership to buy an OEM clutch disc.
We found that there was only a single one in the entire state, out in the middle of nowhere where it had been sitting on the shelf for years. We had it shipped here, at the cost of $140 dollars, more than the cost of the entire kit for the aftermarket one. Just opened it up, and guess what. It's not a clutch disc at all. It's a pressure plate. So we called the dealership again. They looked up the part number on the box, and have told us that the part number is correct, but apparently they put the wrong part into the box at the factory.
So the dealership calls up the jeep warehouse in chicago. No clutch disc there. Now they're calling the one in millwaukee. If they even have on there, it will be next monday or tuesday before the thing is even here.
To better explain my situation, i think i'll put this into monetary terms.
Parts jeep tranny pulled from: $300
Clutch kit, fluids, lines: $150
Clutch "disc" from jeep: $140, 120 of it returned
Labor: $200
Having a broke down pile of sh*t jeep: PRICELESS.
I had bought an aftermarket clutch because it was cheap, and i expected it to fit onto my vehicle, but the teeth that are supposed to meet the splines of the input shaft were 1-2 thousandths of an inch too small, so we filed them down to try to make it fit, but we got it to the point now where if we file it more it will make it worse. The disc slides freely on the shaft once its on but it has to be pounded on first, so obviously this won't do when its attached to the flywheel trying to get the tranny in. Eventually we broke down and called the local dealership to buy an OEM clutch disc.
We found that there was only a single one in the entire state, out in the middle of nowhere where it had been sitting on the shelf for years. We had it shipped here, at the cost of $140 dollars, more than the cost of the entire kit for the aftermarket one. Just opened it up, and guess what. It's not a clutch disc at all. It's a pressure plate. So we called the dealership again. They looked up the part number on the box, and have told us that the part number is correct, but apparently they put the wrong part into the box at the factory.
So the dealership calls up the jeep warehouse in chicago. No clutch disc there. Now they're calling the one in millwaukee. If they even have on there, it will be next monday or tuesday before the thing is even here.
To better explain my situation, i think i'll put this into monetary terms.
Parts jeep tranny pulled from: $300
Clutch kit, fluids, lines: $150
Clutch "disc" from jeep: $140, 120 of it returned
Labor: $200
Having a broke down pile of sh*t jeep: PRICELESS.
