| Re: Has anyone done a clutch on a ZF6? OR why I think Centerforce SUCKS! |
Subject: Re: Has anyone done a clutch on a ZF6? OR why I think Centerforce SUCKS! by jhammons01 on 2010/6/27 18:26:21 ^^Zactly............ OP, I just went through this and let me tell you what I found. There is a good chance that the TO Bearing may not have been put on the fork properly. Yes, it can slip off if it not on just right. It is hard to explain over the web....or even in person...but once you "see" it, you'd understand completely. As CC said....a couple of pumps by you....and with nothing pushing the Slave cylinder piston back up into the Slave.....it soon reaches the limits....then one more pump and the thing shoots out with fluid flowing.....You were sort of panicked as all this was occuring and you were trying to grab a gear and get off the road or back up and running...and you pumped it.......this explains the fluid. This whole thing sux ass as it is a big job to get to that TO Bearing or fork.....but I think that is where you'll find your trouble. The Clutch itself is most likely fine. The point I am trying to make, that clutch fork is deceiving to the inexperienced amongst us. So much so that the tranny shop I talked to said "Most people do 'X' wrong"........and I did "X" wrong......just like they said I would....Your Mechanic could have made a mistake whereas it held for just a while and then fell off. The pivot ball could have come loose....the fork could have come off the pivot ball.....the TO Bearing could have fallen off the fork.....A whole slew of things are possible. But since you say it happened with a "pop"......it is more likely to be the things I listed rather than the clutch......A clutch failing is a whole lot of other symptoms. Seriously, I feel for you as I "just" went through this crap...I put it all back together just to have to pull it all apart yet again....and on mine....it takes the better part of a day to get the tranny on the floor. So two days to do it "wrong" then 3 weeks later two more days to redo it correctly. That being said, I think once your tranny is on the ground and you can see inside the bell housing, your problem will be revealed and you may not have to even take the Bell Housing off the motor....leaving the clutch in place and just addressing your hydraulics or TO Bearing assembly. |
