1988 ford bronco 2 or project 88 and its problems.

[bobbywalter]

hmm. then refer to post #5



then bring data.

 

[Project88]

So i drove a 1991 ford ranger at work today and realized his clutch is much more firmer than mine. Is it because he has a different system compared to the 88 or is it the same parts and maybe i just need to bleed the system... I feel sick having written those words as much as I've bled this thing already. Because in my gut i know its gotta be right. I never let the fluid go below the hose at any point. And i bled it the way that its said to do so. But from the look of it when he installed the pilot bearing he did it from the back... Mines flush with the front. That's correct isn't it? I put mine in from the friction surface side. Or the side that faces outwards towards the transmission. But the guys 91 when i pressed down halfway it released. In my 88 it doesn't feel anything like that. Its got pressure and you can feel it against the spring then it just kinda drops off. But there's no leaks in the system.

 

[Curious Hound]

The pilot bearing will have nothing to do with clutch firmness. All the pilot bearing does is center and support the front of the transmission input shaft and reduce friction when there is a difference between flywheel speed and input shaft speed.

 

[Project88]

Okay, then in that case its one of two things air still trapped in the line somewhere or slaves wrong type. But i got it all from the advance store so how they could get it wrong after giving them the license plate idk it all looks exactly the same as the original. So where would the air bubble be after bleeding it with a pnuematic bleeder.

 

[franklin2]

Are you certain the other truck has the same clutch? Different clutches have different clamping pressures. If yours is working ok, then just drive it. Any little air left will migrate back up the line to the master reservoir anyway. It just takes some driving time for it to do it by itself.

 

[Project88]

Are you certain the other truck has the same clutch? Different clutches have different clamping pressures. If yours is working ok, then just drive it. Any little air left will migrate back up the line to the master reservoir anyway. It just takes some driving time for it to do it by itself.

Ah see thats just it its not working at all

 

[Project88]

Ya see when i press down its like she just doesn't release is there a certain way the pressure plate is supposed to go on the fly wheel or something cause I've messed with this clutch since 2015 trying to get it to work.

 

[franklin2]

Sorry I forgot what thread I was commenting on. Forgot yours wasn't working at all. The disc definitely has to go on a certain way, it's usually marked on it. I hate do overs, but it sounds like you are going to have to pull this back apart and go over it one more time. It doesn't have a inspection plate where you can peek up in there does it? If it did, you could get someone to work the clutch while you looked up in there with a flashlight and try to observe what is going on.

 

[Project88]

Sorry I forgot what thread I was commenting on. Forgot yours wasn't working at all. The disc definitely has to go on a certain way, it's usually marked on it. I hate do overs, but it sounds like you are going to have to pull this back apart and go over it one more time. It doesn't have a inspection plate where you can peek up in there does it? If it did, you could get someone to work the clutch while you looked up in there with a flashlight and try to observe what is going on.

So life kinda caught up with me grandfather died and lost my family farm and having to place any excess tools and equipment from my Grandpas farm into my working garage. I had to abandoned the project due to all this.... wasn't until recently I was watching Simonfordguy on YouTube that I figured out my problem it wasn't that anything was wrong per say, besides the bolts I had bought from a local fastener company I trusted the guy knew what he was doing but he had given me m8x1.25x20mm long bolts I needed M8x1.25x15mm bolts for the pressure plate, so a quick run to ace I found the exact bolts needed. And do I will update come spring when I get back underneath the truck to do this all again.

In the meantime here's the new thread with updates about it https://www.therangerstation.com/fo...y-figured-out-my-problem.211716/#post-2069476