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Thanks for the info JDoremire. Those forged steel pistons look pretty cool though. Maybe the shop can double check with them and see what's available for my engine.

I thought I'd give an update on my situation. I ended up going with the South Bend street dual-disk clutch. However, when the truck was in the shop we found out that I have a cracked piston. I think I have around 223,000 miles on the truck. Sigh... The initial plan is to pull the engine and bore...

I haven't called Peter yet, but I plan to call this week. I want to take the owner of the shop that installed this clutch for a ride with me first to show him exactly what is happening. I am privately concerned that the install might not have been done correctly, and if that's the case the owner...

I have 3.54 gears in my truck. Thanks for the information Nick. I appreciate it. I guess at this point I plan to pull the clutch and make sure that there isn't some other mechanical reason the clutch is starting to let go. Once we get a good look at what happened, I think I'll be in a better...

Thanks Nick. Is that clutch smooth starting out or backing your trailers? Also, do you think my truck is in the similar power range with number 2 fuel? My clutch started to slip this winter on number 1 fuel and I can notice a big power loss in the winter.

Understood. Thank you for the info RVTRKN.

RVTRKN, thanks for the thoughts on the noise. I've also read that a dual disk will shift a bit slower. Do you still have your 07 that you list in your sig line with the DDS 3250? If so, how did you like it? How many miles do you think you have on that clutch, and was it smooth as far as...

Thanks for the replies. I hear what you are saying BigPapa. One thing I always think about though is how in the heck Dodge and everyone else can keep upping the horsepower and torque to the current levels and have a stock clutch work just fine, plus have a warranty? I know that the automatics...

I have a 2001 3500 quad-cab 4x4 with the HO 245 and a 6-speed. I drove the truck stock for years and got 100,000 miles plus with no problems with stock clutch. Did some engine work a couple years ago, so I added power at that time. Smarty set at #9, RV 275's, FASS, ARP Head Studs, 4 inch...

Thanks for all the replies everyone. Ended up going with Blumenthal's. 2 year unlimited mile warranty. It sounds like they are well aware of the oiling issue and are confident they have it covered with they way they are putting them together.

Put a new South Bend clutch in at about 180,000 miles. A little over 190,000 miles on the truck now and I am having syncro trouble with 5th gear. I can't down shift from 6th back to 5th without floating it using RPM's for the most part when the transmission is warm. 4th to 5th seems a little...

Rebuild time for my NV 5600. Blumenthal's? I'm in Anchorage Alaska though...uhggg.

Nv 5600 This is exactly what happened to me. Put in the new southbend clutch and 5th gear syncro trouble started within 10,000 miles. 190,000 miles on my truck, and original transmission. I have the transmission out right now trying to figure out who to send it to. Blumenthal's for a swap? Local...

Yeah...I'm in Anchorage Alaska. So most of the elevation the truck will see is 0 to 3000 feet. I haven't even left town yet, so it has not seen 1000 feet. The pyro temp sensor is mounted pre-turbo also. No trouble with water or oil temp. Outside air temps might have been about 40 degrees max on...

I am not able to control the high temps by dropping to 5th gear. It will still climb to 1200 pretty quickly and beyond. The only way I've been able to control the temps is by dropping gears and backing out of the fuel. I will look into some of the items mentioned. Thank you for trying to help!