Greetings,
I am hoping all that is wrong is that my pilot bearing/ clutch/ slave is all that is wrong, but recently on the Ranger, it can be a bear to get into gear from neutral. Symptoms showed a few months back, the atf in the trans was pushing a year (25K) so I changed the fluid, and shifting seemed fine.
Then the other day, it has gotten real bad. I changed the fluid again (came out very clean) but no change in shifting.
Clutch engagement seems normal, but when at the lights in neutral, with either the clutch in or out, it is very difficult to get into ANY gear. I can usually find one that I can get into, and then I can go into first.
When I come to a stop, with the clutch pressed in, I can get into any gear very easily, but if I wait for a few seconds, then shifting gets hard.
I am assuming the pilot is bad, or the clutch may be dragging and not letting it shift easily. Even shifting to other gears gets real notchy.
If it was a bad synchro, wouldn't only affect that gear?
I have everything on order, new Luk flywheel, new Luk clutch kit, new rear main seal, and will be getting a new OEM slave. I will be tackling it in a few days. Hope everything turns out fine.
I just went out and got the HF scissor trans jack (450lbs) with a 20% coupon. I friend brought one over when I did the trans on my Mustang ant it worked out pretty good.
I am hoping all that is wrong is that my pilot bearing/ clutch/ slave is all that is wrong, but recently on the Ranger, it can be a bear to get into gear from neutral. Symptoms showed a few months back, the atf in the trans was pushing a year (25K) so I changed the fluid, and shifting seemed fine.
Then the other day, it has gotten real bad. I changed the fluid again (came out very clean) but no change in shifting.
Clutch engagement seems normal, but when at the lights in neutral, with either the clutch in or out, it is very difficult to get into ANY gear. I can usually find one that I can get into, and then I can go into first.
When I come to a stop, with the clutch pressed in, I can get into any gear very easily, but if I wait for a few seconds, then shifting gets hard.
I am assuming the pilot is bad, or the clutch may be dragging and not letting it shift easily. Even shifting to other gears gets real notchy.
If it was a bad synchro, wouldn't only affect that gear?
I have everything on order, new Luk flywheel, new Luk clutch kit, new rear main seal, and will be getting a new OEM slave. I will be tackling it in a few days. Hope everything turns out fine.
I just went out and got the HF scissor trans jack (450lbs) with a 20% coupon. I friend brought one over when I did the trans on my Mustang ant it worked out pretty good.