Mid-Tenn Chapter Roundtable

[Underwood Tire]

#@$%! #@$%! They Are Throwing The Hooks Down Too Soon On Level 6. I Can't Get Past The 281. 11 Mark

 

[BigPapa]

Well fellows, once again I have to throw a great big THANK YOU to Joe and Brad at Underwood Tire! Oo.



The clutch went out on my truck last Wednesday. It wouldn't disengage. I limped her in to Joe's. He pulled the transmission, discovered the problem, and made a call to SBC. They shipped me a new disc and Joe got her back on the road today!



Thanks Joe! Thanks Brad! and make sure to tell Barry (the owner of that OTHER FAST red truck ) thanks for helping me out!



Here's the pic Andy.



Scott

 

[GCroyle]

Disc Part Number

BigPapa,



Just curious, can you see if there is a 6 digit part number on the disc in the picture?



Thanks

 

[JMBryant]

I just saw an ad in farmers exchange for a MTPA truck and tractor pull in Shelbyville, on April 7, and it shows them having a diesel truck class. Any one heard any info on this. I know they were kicking it around a while back, and i guess you still have to have the harmonic balancer shield and kill switch. Or at least that is what I heard they wanted. Just thought Id throw it out here.

 

[BigPapa]

can you see if there is a 6 digit part number on the disc in the picture?

Gary,



The plate is at Joe's. Maybe he can check for you.



Scott

 

[GCroyle]

Part Number from old disc.

Hey, Squaretires,



Can you look at BigPapa's old disc for a part number on the damper section please? I am expecting a 6 digit number or an ABC-12 type number.



Thanks

 

[GCroyle]

Fretting Corosion.

BigPapa,



Your old disc show a bit of rust dust in the hub splines. Suggest you make sure that the input shaft gets cleaned up real good, wire brushed shiny, so the disc slides free on the input shaft.

 

[BigPapa]

I'm sure Joe took care of me on it. The clutch works a lot better now than it did before. Pedal's a lot smoother and easier, shifting into gear from neutral is a lot better. I suspect the first installer didn't have everything lined up just right.



Like I said earlier, great job Joe and Brad!



Scott

 

[GCroyle]

Spline Preperation

We did a ZVT prototype installation on a Ford 7. 3L 6 speed 4X4 that sat for a couple of years and built up a good bit of rust just from temperature changes and humidity. I polished the old shaft, lightly greased it, finished the installation and it passed my tests. We delivered the truck and the guy gave us a huge thumbs up, ZVt was best ever, but I knew it was attention to detail on the installation, then a product that worked correctly. But if you install a good product (anyone's) WITHOUT attention to detail, well, the results usually ain't pretty. Last picture is all cleaned up with a light grease film on the input shaft.

 

[acook]

Seems like I remember some pictures similar to that. Wern't no ferd though. :-laf

 

[GCroyle]

Pictures worth a thousand words.

I think he keeps one of these in his wallet. And the meaty part of the burnout is still visible 11 months later.

 

[Bean]

How come one of those pics is a ZF5 and the others are a 6?

 

[GCroyle]

And The Eagle Eye Prize Goes To:

Bean, who correctly noticed that one is a 5spd (1997) and one is the 6spd ZF (1999). The point was to show the corrosion and gunk that builds up on input shafts, look at Anthony's input shaft, look like soidified gunk, especially on the pilot nose.



Ain't that a cute shot of Anthony?

 

[GCroyle]

Bean's website link.

Bean, I just tried your link, it didn't work. Looks like you have a , (comma) after the www I changed it to a . (period) on the explorer address bar and it worked. Might want to check it.

 

[acook]

You could have told me to wash my face first. It just adds to the illusion that I was actually working? :-laf

 

[Underwood Tire]

Hey, Squaretires,



Can you look at BigPapa's old disc for a part number on the damper section please? I am expecting a 6 digit number or an ABC-12 type number.



Thanks

270904, SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG, I HAD TO DIG INTO MY CARNAGE PILE

 

[acook]

Scott,



I sent you a pm.



Anthony

 

[BigPapa]

Anthony,



You have a reply.



Scott

 

[acook]

Hey, is this thing broke? Anyone out there?

 

[Underwood Tire]

They Are On The C. b. Channel