I am going to replace the clutch and timing chain here is a month or 2. I have a couple of questions for you guys. 1) where can I get the most "bang" for my buck - as far as pricing and quality?? and 2) Do you think that it would be easiest to just "yank" the whole engine out? ANY help will be GREATLY appreciated!!

 

im guessing its a 22r or re? take a look at www.engnbldr.com, he's a meber on this site too, he has decent stuff and its cheap.... only has the drivers side upgraded guide though, so i iwll eventually be gettign the LCE guides and the rest of the stuff from engnbldr

might wnat to look on www.4crawler.com for replacement tips... he has tons of stuff on his site... i beleive www.4x4wire.com also has tech info on replacing the timing chain

 

its got a chain, so wouldnt that be a 20 series r something? oh yeah, and for clutch jsut drop the tranny.... i replaced my clutch with the engine out, and it was easy, but i was doing an engine swap, so the engine was already out... i wouldnt take the engine out for the clutch only....

 

Sorry guys.. it is a '91 22re... my bad!

 

I am going to do the timing chain AND clutch at the same time. My buddy was just talking about a centerforce - dual friction clutch... (I think) do you guys have any experience with this - and if so, the best place to get it??

 

There is no need to get a dual friction unless you are pushing a lot more HP or at least plan to. I have experience with the Centerforce "stage 1" which has 30% better holding power than stock. I put one on a Mazda truck and a 95 Civic SI. The clutch never let me down on either vehicle, and I drove them like a freakin madman.

 

Well, I am looking at putting bigger tires on (31-32" x 10.5 - nothing too huge) and I heard that would be a good bet... but that's it.

 

You won't hurt anything with the DF, but why spend the money if you don't really need it? That's my point.

You can also score a decent Exedy clutch on ebay (look for the 30% better than stock) for a really good deal as a kit. I just don't see the need in your case to exceed 30%.

 

Sweet - thanks for the help. Now what about the timing chain? I found something through 4crawler.com - they redirected me to www.doaracingengines.com - they have the plastic guides with a metal backing. They say that they guarantee them for the life of the engine... but they want $275... A) does that sound about right and B) do you think that's worth it, or should I just keep with the stock, regular plastic ones? By the way - for the $275 - you get...

• Upper and lower gears
• Metal backed guides
• High quality chain
• Chain tensioner
• Main seal (high quality)
• Gaskets and hardware.

Thanks again for your help - it's probably going to save me a lot of money!!

 

For the timming chain. I got one from EB. yes it only has the drivers side metal back but he also has a warenty. Sweet thing was I got his kit off of ebay for $50.

Another question, How many miles did your stock clutch last? I didn't replace mine until the 150K mark, and that was running 31's for 70K of that, the one that replaced that was stock and I got over 100K on it. They last and take the abuse, just ask my truck it'll tell you. Try and find an online dealer to get one from.

 

i have a centerforce dual friction... i love it... but i also beat teh crap out of my truck... and my truck is several hundered pounds lighter than most peoples trucks on yt because its a 4x2.....

 

Right on - thanks again for all of the help. Do you know of a good place to get the centerforce?

 

I went all LCE and have been very happy with it.I even did the dual chain conversion.

 

summit

 

I bought my clutch and flywheel here truckperformance I bought the 5lb heavier flywheel and the centerforce clutch. Both work great. They were the cheapest that I found on the net. That was about 6 months ago so it may not be true anymore.

 

I think eb's kit is around $80 and it includes metal backed guides and pretty much everything you listed. $275 seems like a lot for a timing chain set, even if it includes a new cover.