jimbob
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- tulsa,oklahoma
87 2dr 4.0 8.8 locked . I switched to a nv3550 5 years ago, at the time I wanted to keep the internal slave (dumb Idea). So I had a shop cut and tap the bearing retainer. it worked for 3 years before the plastic started leaking. I learned on naxja that there was a metal one, it lasted a year or so. Recently I changed it to an external one with a 99 wrangler bellhousing and all new parts from the dealer: fork, retainer wire, throwout bearing. Reused Clutch master cylinder, bought new line and new external slave cylinder. Changed clutch 2 years ago during one of my slave cylinder replacements, so reused: clutch, pressure plate, pilot bushing off of 304 v8 i believe. Put it back together, pumped it about 20 times, best clutch ever. Drove it down the highway and it was great: quiet,smooth. Then it started sqealing and grinding when the clutch was pushed, fine when it was out. Very loud when pushed in. So I pulled it all back apart and noticed that (my help) had left the top and one side in the middle bolt out, but the rest were tight. The only visual damage is to the pressure plate fingers. They seem to be more roughed up than the one i took off 2 years ago. I used a slave cylinder off of a 99 also in fact all the parts on the bellhousing are 99. So what did I do wrong? Reuseing the old clutch and pilot bearing or was it the bolts missing allowing the bellhousing to move back. Or ? Thanks for your help.