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Title: time for a clutch
Post by: padler on March 02, 2006, 02:52:28 PM

well i am pretty sure that i need a new clutch, truck feels like it is miss fireing but it is really just the clutch slipping. Just wondering what is a good clutch to go with where to buy it, what i should pay and what is all involved in replacing it, thanks guys
buy the way it's a 93 yj with stock drive train

Title: time for a clutch
Post by: Bnine on March 02, 2006, 03:41:30 PM

For the 4 litres, really, a clutch is a clutch.

Auto value has about the best price on a full kit. Plate, disk, pilot bearing/bushing, centering tool, and throwout bearing. Right around 350.

Oh ya, whats involed, at work so might miss something but this would get ya started.

Disconnect the negative battery cable :wink:  (manuals say that for everything)

Pull rear shaft

pull center console, shift boots, etc etc

disco t-case shifter from tub (4 bolts)

Pull tranny shifter if you're working off the floor

drop the starter

Pull external slave cylinder

pull bellhousing bolts (top two are fairy head or inside out torx 10mm 12 point socket)

Undo tranny mount bolts in the center of t-case skid

support tranny/case combo with a jack at the back

drop the t-case skid, carefull not to spin the nutserts

drink a redbull

You and a freind heave the unit backwards off the motor then let it down.

Remove old clutch

clean and check flywheel for cracks then re score the surface of it.

change out throwout bearing

pull out pilot bushing tip (fill center with grease, use a punch with same diameter as inside the bushing. Whack the punch, the greas will force the bushing out by squeezing the back of it)

Pound new bushin in.

Install clutch using centering tool

reverse the rest the earlier steps and bolt everything back in.

Try to line up trany input shaft splines with the clutch splines before lifting it in.

Had a few minutes before leaving work, but thatspretty much a clutch job for ya. Dont think I missed anything.

HTH

Title: time for a clutch
Post by: CJ-7 on March 02, 2006, 05:09:03 PM

I have a 4cyl clutch package if you want it

it was used one summer and looks really good  



an option if you want it

Title: time for a clutch
Post by: BlackYJ on March 03, 2006, 09:37:02 AM

Don't forgot to plug off the outshaft of your t-case or you will spill ATF fluid all over the place; or you can drain your t-case first.

I did my first clutch about a year ago and just take your time and make sure everything is disconnected from the tranny first.  Also another recommendation is to leave the tranny in gear before your pull the shifter.  The reason is when you go to put the tranny back in if the splines have rotated your can rotate the front yoke on the t-case to get them aligned.

Title: time for a clutch
Post by: GiS on March 03, 2006, 10:29:10 AM

LUK brand clutches...I didnt notice my clutch slipping etc before it went out so I didnt think I needed a dual force friction blah blah.

LUK is an OEM replacement and its cheap(er), found thru King-O-Matic in calgary.

Title: time for a clutch
Post by: Bnine on March 03, 2006, 10:32:00 AM

How much Joe.

I just priced a full kit for 290. Disk, plate, pilot bushing, and throwout bearing.

Would king o matic be better then that?

thanks

Title: time for a clutch
Post by: GiS on March 03, 2006, 11:05:16 AM

If I remember right I paid $216 for the clutch, throwout/pilot etc.

Give em a call, they are the only LUK distributor I could find in Alberta....

Let us know what ya find Bnine,

-Joe

Title: time for a clutch
Post by: Bnine on March 03, 2006, 11:10:02 AM

Good price. Thanks Joe, I'll look them up.