I think it just keeps the bearing from spining on the clutch fork and wearing it down.
talked to the guy at the trans shop and he said what you said. thanks
a broke 1/4" swivel and 3 hours later i got the starter bolts off.:thumbsup:
I think it just keeps the bearing from spining on the clutch fork and wearing it down.
You do need to remove the starter to get the bell housing off, but not if your just removing the trans. In this write up i think he was replacing the tob. This is a great how too, there is also a great video online that shows you the entire process on a 03 cobra of replacing the clutch. My tob just went out last week and broke the retainer sleeve. I have the car on jackstands Still waiting on parts. Im replacing the clutch and upgrading to 26 spline. Not too hard to do but it helps to have someone muscle the trans out from under the car.
There is one bolt, commonly referred to as the "bitch" bolt. It is one of the 8 bolts holding the trans to the bell housing and it is located on the top passenger side of the transmission. This bolt is in fact a pain in the a$$ but with a little patience and LONG extensions/swivel heads it will come out.
DO NOT APPLY GREASE TO THE RETAINER!!!
I found it very easy to get that bolt with no swivels. Just plug several long extensions together so you have a really long extension and come from the back of the tranny and slide it all the way up front and you can turn that bolt right out. Real easy and quick.
I found it very easy to get that bolt with no swivels. Just plug several long extensions together so you have a really long extension and come from the back of the tranny and slide it all the way up front and you can turn that bolt right out. Real easy and quick.
Why's that?
Applying greese to the bearing retainer has been debated for a while now. Some people do it, some don't. I recomend that you don't. Just like mentioned in the video above, the greese will attract dust and dirt and eat up the retainer and wear grooves in it. Thats my opinion. Plus, Ford does not grease the ratainers for that same reason.
This is very good advise IMO. I am and have been a Blackhawk Helicopter Mechanic and Crew Chief in the Army for seven years. I have spent two years of that deployed to Iraq. Any place dust can stick to moving parts is very bad. I was doing my pre-flight inspection one day and found a problem that kept me from flying that ACFT that night. After my short flight I came back to fix the problem because it was on my assigned airframe. When the ACFT was reassembled 10 days earlier from a scheduled Phase Insp (like a overhaul every 360 flight hours) dust had gotten inside the tail rotor assembly. As I removed componets to fix the small fault I found earlier I started finding a lot more problems. There was extreme damage to all the close tollerance surfaces, it looked like someone had carved them up with a dremel tool. Keep in mind these pieces are titanium. $300,000 dollars in parts later and it was ready to roll back out on line. Not to mention nearly 250 man hours for all the maintenance and the follow on maintenance to get it fully mission capable again.
However there is a substance we use to lubricate metal to metal surfaces. It is a spray on dry film lubricant. You spray on a light coat, just enough to cover all the shinny metal surfaces. It takes approx 24 hours to dry. When it starts to come off it simply flakes off. It will last a long time when the surface your applying it to gets cleaned very well prior to applying it. Here is a similar product to what we use on the ACFT.
Loctite 39895 Moly Dry Film Lubricant
$300,000 dollars in parts later and it was ready to roll back out on line. Not to mention nearly 250 man hours for all the maintenance and the follow on maintenance to get it fully mission capable again.
Man that amazes me. Why 250 man hours to repair a tail rotor? I fly r/c helis so this stuff is exciting to me
How is everybody getting the top bellhousing bolts off?? Everything has gone smoothly until ive hit them. It seems like every tool ive tried nothing will fit between the firewall and bellhousing.