[bryab123]

I put in the valair ceramic button clutch today and it does very good I expected it to be pretty rough but it is actually quite smooth. also my tranny was rattling pretty bad in 4th gear (it had 5qts. penzoil syncromesh) and changed the oil in it with 5qts. of cheap 15w-40 oil and it doesnt rattle anymore :shock: and still shifts good.

 

[grizzly_man07]

gotta link for the clutch? im shoppin for one

 

[Old 'n Rusty]

The heavy oil will work for a short while. You need to do some bearings. The 5/30 oil spec is because getrag bearings are preloaded and the light oil is needed to get in there and lube and cool. You have one or more bearings that are badly worn and your heavy oil helps them but the others will suffer.

If you plan on keeping your truck for a long time, fix that tranny.

 

[bryab123]

heres the clutch i used Valair Clutch Kit 1989 - 1993 Dodge Ram 12 Valve 5 Speed Valair Clutch Kit 1989 - 1993 Dodge 12 Valve 5 Speed [NMU0087-04] - $317.30 : Midwest Truck Products, Diesel Pickup Performace Parts as for the tranny I have a very good spare and will rebuild the one im using now when i get some extra funds.

 

[Old 'n Rusty]

Spares are good. Sounds like you have the situation well in hand. I think I would swap in the spare ASAP and take my time examining the old one. Parts are readily available. Rebuild kits are fairly cheap. Replace both the input shaft and the bearings. Overfill and keep the rev's up. 'Rags can last a long, long time and be very reliable. Worn shifter forks can be a problem. Some of the guys on this forum really know their stuff on this transmission.

My own rebuild job worked quite well but I should have replaced the input shaft. I get a little noise at lower rpm's due to the worn race on the old input shaft. The new bearing could not stay tight for long running in the old race which is a part of the input shaft. So far it has not gotten any worse since the rebuild of four or five years ago.

 

[bryab123]

well the reason i didnt replace it with the spare was the input shaft was very tight. i figured it would have lots of play but it didnt.

 

[FIRST GEN. JAKE]

thats a good price on that clutch. everywhere ive looked they were 600 or 700 dollars

 

[grizzly_man07]

did it go in well. i heard you need a new flywheel. did you?

 

[Maniac]

How is the pedal with the new clutch eaqual or harder than a stocker?

 

[grizzly_man07]

its gotta 2800 pressure plate. i think thats same as stock?

 

[Maniac]

Thanks grizz I wasn't sure of the pressure on the stock plate.