replacing clutch need some help

rngr4x4beast · Sep 21, 2009

i gotta replace the clutch in my 99 3.0 its sliping bad wen you get on the gas it revs up about 1500 rpms and then catches real easy how hard is it to do im replacing eveything that the kit comes with and im doing the slave cylinder and a new fork so how hard is it this is my first 1 and i have a little know how and im good at turnin wrenches

snavelyj · Sep 22, 2009

Hey, My '95 4.0 wasn't to bad, it took me about a day and a half. If your truck is like mine, you will have to drop the Y-pipe to get the trans bolted back up. also need a special tool to disconect the hydrolic line for the clutch. other then that, it is farley straite foward. I didnt put a slave cylender in mine when i did the clutch, and now that is starting to go, so i get to tare it all apart again! good luck

AllanD · Sep 22, 2009

Fork? what fork?

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BlackBII · Sep 22, 2009

AllanD said:
Fork? what fork?

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Must be a pitchfork, maybe he is a peasant??

And we cannot say whether or not it's hard to do, that depends on how mechanically inclined you are. You basically need to drop the driveshafts, t-case and tranny, and then remove the old clutch components and put the new ones in and put it all back together.

Sound tough?

rngr4x4beast · Sep 22, 2009

snavelyj said:
Hey, My '95 4.0 wasn't to bad, it took me about a day and a half. If your truck is like mine, you will have to drop the Y-pipe to get the trans bolted back up. also need a special tool to disconect the hydrolic line for the clutch. other then that, it is farley straite foward. I didnt put a slave cylender in mine when i did the clutch, and now that is starting to go, so i get to tare it all apart again! good luck

thats why im going to go ahead and do it so i dont have that problem
and the fork that the throwout bearing goes in

93Ranger4x4 · Sep 22, 2009

i dont believe the rangers have a fork, the throwout bearing goes on spring which in return is connected to the slave cylinder, thus no fork for it to sit on.

loneranger48 · Sep 22, 2009

yeah rangers have internal slave cylinders inside the transmission,trucks like toyotas most commonly have external slave cylinders and have a "fork" type of system.

ammojkm · Sep 22, 2009

In my experience, the hard part is physically removing and installing the transfer case and transmission. Aligning everything up (and being sure not to let the transmission droop and bend your new clutch and flywheel) is the hard part. One man with a jack...very difficult. Two people and a jack...better but the tight space under a jacked up vehicle coupled with working on your back leads to a struggle.

Everything else is just bolting and unbolting. A mechanically inclined novice with a half-decent manual can do it...if they are patient.

Don't forget to resurface the flywheel and replace the pilot bearing if your truck has one.

loneranger48 · Sep 22, 2009

yeah i agree..i have put transmissions in two of my rangers and have never used a jack and it sucks..from what i remember about the tranny install was getting it through the exhaust because on my year of rangers it calls to remove the exhaust but i thought that was too much work and shimmed it through it. :headbang:

rngr4x4beast · Sep 22, 2009

im getting the kit and it comes with all the bearings and bushings. thats the only thing i am really worried about is realigning the tranny and transfercase back up

loneranger48 · Sep 22, 2009

just get a couple friends to crawl under there with you because its gonna be heavy and just push it up in there or atleasts thats what i did..once you have done it you will see its not hard just heavy

rngr4x4beast · Sep 22, 2009

alrite man thanks guys real good info ill let you no wen i start and get done

schmoo · Sep 24, 2009

loneranger48 said:
yeah rangers have internal slave cylinders inside the transmission,trucks like toyotas most commonly have external slave cylinders and have a "fork" type of system.

old (83-85) rangers have forks. the internal
system is not an improvement.

nate12346 · Sep 25, 2009

I need to do the same thing with a 94' 4.0 in an 88' BII. Is the fit a lot tighter? like would i need to unbolt the engine mounts so i can get to the top bolts on the bell housing? I have the tools to do it, but im a first timer also on the clutch area

loneranger48 · Sep 25, 2009

schmoo said:
old (83-85) rangers have forks. the internal
system is not an improvement.

yes i agree because if the slave cylinder ever goes out,out comes the transmission when with an external you just unbolt it.

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