Just to follow up...the clutch really was "bad"
Just picked up my car from Modacar. Actually, it was ready yesterday evening, but I had already rented a Ford Minivan so I decided to wait until this morning to pick up my car.
A big thanks to all the folks at Modacar for getting the whole job done properly and within the time committment (1-day). Special thanks to Jay whom I understand did most of the work and of course Casey, both Jedi Masters in my book. Casey agreed with me that using brand new flexplate/clutch bolts was definitly a good idea and cheap insurance - threads stretch and it's best to use nice new Mopar bolts with the green Loktite. Casey also told me our T850 tranny is really heavy so I'm glad I didn't try to do this job myself.
So now my clutch feels great again. If anything, the pedal effort is a little softer than before. And now I have to let out the clutch pedal a good ways before it starts to bite (unlike the immediate bite it had before).
Best of all, I can put it into reverse after a long drive...without turning off the motor.
So now I'll get an alignment at Les Schwab, break in the clutch for 500 miles, and hopefully enjoy another 3 years or 45k miles...or more.
Tonight, I'll try and post some pics of the old Mopar Performance clutch and TOB which had been in the car previously.
Last edited by Simon.Starkie : 05-16-2007 at 12:38 PM.
|
