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I think the clutch is warrantied for 1 year, if you have had your truck less than a year take it to the dealer for a new stock one.
I would call and talk to Peter at South Bend Clutch. Tell him what your using the truck for and what mods you plan on doing. :thumbsup
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I bought a SBC Con OFE through Coaltrain Diesel Performance.
I had CDP install it, 2 1/2 months and 30,000 miles later I smoked it (I hotshot RV trailers for a living, hence the huge miles in such a short time).
I talked to CDP about warranting it, they said yes it would be covered.
Met up with Mark on a return trip from New York, late on a Friday night.
Mark took my truck in at around 10:30pm, yanked the tranny and then took the clutch apart for inspection.
He did not like what he saw and and wanted Peter, from SBC, to look at it.
The next morning (Saturday morning) Mark called Peter and arranged to meet up with him at SBC to get replacement parts (again this was on a Saturday no less).
While, my truck was sitting on the lift, we piled in Mark's truck and drove 150mi to meet Peter at SBC in Mishawaka, IN.
Upon inspection of my clutch, Peter explained how it happened, apparently, I had gotten the cluth extremely hot extremely quick at one time or another, and that extreme heat caused the clutch plate to become dished from heat warpage, so I was only using about 50% of the clutch material after that.
I agree that the problem was clearly the fault of my driving habit, yet Peter was going to give me a new clutch plate and resurface my flywheel and pressure plate for free.
I asked him about a dual disk and he said I probably should have went with one to start with (which I wanted to and CDP advised me to, but could only afford the OFE at the time).
Peter made me an offer I could not turn down, he took my OFE back in trade and upgraded me to a SBC 3250 DD for chump change.
We went back to CDP and Mark and Richard had my truck back together and me back on the road in less than an hour.
So all in all, if you can afford it, I would recommend an SBC dual disk right from the start to replace that POS dual mass flywheel OEM clutch setup Dodge puts on these things.
The new DD is great, took a bit to get used to the "grabbyness" of it for towing trailers, but for having "fun", it can't be beat, I have tried to kill it and cannot.
I had CDP install it, 2 1/2 months and 30,000 miles later I smoked it (I hotshot RV trailers for a living, hence the huge miles in such a short time).
I talked to CDP about warranting it, they said yes it would be covered.
Met up with Mark on a return trip from New York, late on a Friday night.
Mark took my truck in at around 10:30pm, yanked the tranny and then took the clutch apart for inspection.
He did not like what he saw and and wanted Peter, from SBC, to look at it.
The next morning (Saturday morning) Mark called Peter and arranged to meet up with him at SBC to get replacement parts (again this was on a Saturday no less).
While, my truck was sitting on the lift, we piled in Mark's truck and drove 150mi to meet Peter at SBC in Mishawaka, IN.
Upon inspection of my clutch, Peter explained how it happened, apparently, I had gotten the cluth extremely hot extremely quick at one time or another, and that extreme heat caused the clutch plate to become dished from heat warpage, so I was only using about 50% of the clutch material after that.
I agree that the problem was clearly the fault of my driving habit, yet Peter was going to give me a new clutch plate and resurface my flywheel and pressure plate for free.
I asked him about a dual disk and he said I probably should have went with one to start with (which I wanted to and CDP advised me to, but could only afford the OFE at the time).
Peter made me an offer I could not turn down, he took my OFE back in trade and upgraded me to a SBC 3250 DD for chump change.
We went back to CDP and Mark and Richard had my truck back together and me back on the road in less than an hour.
So all in all, if you can afford it, I would recommend an SBC dual disk right from the start to replace that POS dual mass flywheel OEM clutch setup Dodge puts on these things.
The new DD is great, took a bit to get used to the "grabbyness" of it for towing trailers, but for having "fun", it can't be beat, I have tried to kill it and cannot.
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I would also check with Valair. Thats whose clutch i have. Its been great. They have awesome service as well. Jbarker or Valair1 on the forums will be able to help you with whatever you need.
I read on another forum there is a known issue with the stock clutch where it self adjusts incorrectly. Doesn't affect all trucks and normally shows up early in the trucks life if you have a bad unit. Sorry I don't have a TSB - I'm just passing on an internet "fact". The reports implied the clutch tended to fail in the direction of not releasing fully so that it is hard to change gears, not the other way (slipping).
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