After a long weekend at work we had yesterday off. I took the opportunity to put my new clutch in. It was a good thing I got it in since I will barely have the recommended 400-500 miles on it before i hit the trail for Memorial Day.

The truck used to belong to my bro-in-law. Rumor has it he was hard on clutches, guess he would wheel in 4hi. So I was already thinking of replacing it, then last time I went wheeling I was getting some slippage. I also have a friend who had a centerforce heavy flywheel lying around, so I acquired it.

I had a centerforce Dual Friction in my 95 and loved it, so there was no question I was going with it again.

When I got the tranny out I noticed my in-laws had put a centerforce in, I am guessing a stage I. It was fairly worn, no issues on the street, but as I said with 35's I got some slippage on the trail. So out it came, replaced the flywheel and put the DF on. I also did a seafoam and throttle body cleaner treatment, as well as change the fuel filter.

First Impressions: I am not sure if its the seafoam or the heavy flywheel, but it runs and accelerates much smoother at 1000-2000 RPM. It is much easier to get moving, much less right foot and smoother. Overall, 25 miles worth, I really like it. I am not sure how it will affect my 75mph driving, but its rare so I am not worried. The pedal is almost lighter than the gas pedal, it feels really weird. Not sure why, both pressure plates are centerforce. But the throw-out bearing I removed looked cheap and much different than the OEM one I put it. The old one also rattled at idle.

I was finally able to get that friggin fill plug on the tranny out, took a pair of 10" vise grips and a 2' cheater bar. Who knows how old the fluid was, at least 3 years. But now the tranny is full of AMSOIL :-)

I also removed that pesky dust shield off of the xcase front shaft. As far as I could tell the only thing it was good for was keeping me from lubing the CV joint.

Here are some pics, in order of occurrence



The old, sorry forgot to get pics of the new in place




Flywheel comparison

As you can see, much more metal on the new one


the old one is the dirty one :-)




and the disappearing dust shield

 

That was my first mod. I have had the heavier flywheel and df clutch in for over a year and I LOVE it! Glad you feel the same. Kick ass.

 

I really liked it driving around town today, I did notice my rig is slower to stop when I leave it in gear, but I did climb my one hill on the way home today and I only lost 250rpm where as I usually loose 500

 

yea when i rebuilt mine i used my turbo flywheel and clutch ,it was heavier than the N/A 22re flywheel.