South Bend (MU 2001 Con. FE) Installed

[BHORNER]

Got my South Bend installed on the 20th of April. I previously had a MCLeod. The noise and the vibration of the MCLeod were too much for me thus the change. The South Bend is as quiet and vibration free as the stock clutch. Now the big questions. Does it hold? Most definitely. Does it chatter? Some. Not nearly as much as the MCLeod, but yes it does some. Will it hold as well as the MCLeod? I don't know. For my upgrades it's just fine. I towed MY toy box TT with both Harleys to Laughlin, about 9000lbs, and no slipping what so ever. Am I happy. You Bet!!!!!!!!!!!!!, it's a keeper.

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Barry Horner
Lake Forest
Orange County, Ca

2001, SLT+, ETH, 6 speed, White quad cab, short bed, Sport, 2wd , 3:54 anti spin, Camper Special with trailer tow, 16x8 Forged Aluminum with 265x75 tires, Fog lights, Audio controls steering wheel mounted, AM/FM cassette with CD, Travel Convenience group, Keyless entry with remote, Leather agate heated seats. Line-X bed liner. ARE LS 2 tonneau cover. Pillar mount boost and EGT. EDGE EZ and McLeod clutch.

 

[BHORNER]

New signiture.

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Barry Horner
Lake Forest
Orange County, Ca

2001, SLT+, ETH, 6 speed, White quad cab, short bed, Sport, 2wd , 3:54 anti spin, Camper Special with trailer tow, 16x8 Forged Aluminum with 265x75 tires, Fog lights, Audio controls steering wheel mounted, AM/FM cassette with CD, Travel Convenience group, Keyless entry with remote, Leather agate heated seats. Line-X bed liner. ARE LS 2 tonneau cover. Pillar mount boost and EGT. EDGE EZ and South Bend MU 2001 Con. FE clutch.

 

[South Bend Clutch]

Barry, thank you for the great post. I am glad the clutch worked out good for you. If you have any problems please call us and we will do what it takes to rectify the problem. Peter

 

[Cliffman]

Berry,

My South Bend is goen in soon #ad
. I too couldn't take all the noises from the McLeod any longer #ad
.


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2001 Driftwood 3500 Quad Cab 4x4, Long Bed, 5. 9L HO Cummins Diesel (ETH), 6-Speed HD Manual (DEE) Loven the shift thing (Arrrrrh), 3:54, SLT+, 3. 54 Anti-Spin Axle, Camper Special Group, Trailer Tow Group, 18,000 LB 5th Wheel Hitch, Leather, Sliding Rear Window, BDs E-Brake, Rhino Liner (gray), Velvet ride shackles, cup smoothy, Power Edge box / EZ Box w/elbo, DD Stage III injectors, McLeod Dual Disk Clutch, K&N, SPA Gauges, Jardine Exhaust, 16cm turbo housing. Love the smell of diesel in the morning. Hope your watchen DC cuz every thing you see here is a big lie, Hehe.

[This message has been edited by Cliffman (edited 05-07-2001). ]

 

[RobG]

My Southbend is holding nicely after less than a month. Mine chatters like an SOB and if it doesn't ease up soon, I may get rid of it (as in go back to stock, de-mod the truck, and sell it).

BUT, fwiw, I made a trip to LA last week with my camper, to bring back a friend's wrecked Jeep Cherokee. On the trip home, my GCWR was about 20k, and I pulled the Grapevine at 55 mph in 5th without any trouble at all. It definitely holds the power, even my 400+ hp and gosh knows how much torque.

Rob


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2001. 5 RAM 3500 QC 4x4 ETH/DEE Silver/Agate, 4. 10, USGear OD, Rickson 19. 5 Wheels, DD EZ, DD3 Injectors, HX-40, Southbend Clutch, SPA Guages, Psychotty, Firestone Airbags, Hellwig Rear Swaybar, Torklift Superhitch & Camper Tiedowns, Mag-Hytec Diff Cover, DD 4" Exhaust, US Gear Exhaust Brake, etc.

 

[BHORNER]

Rob

Which South Bend did you get? Mine is the full contact not the one with the pucks. A little chatter, but not much.



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Barry Horner
Lake Forest
Orange County, Ca

2001, SLT+, ETH, 6 speed, White quad cab, short bed, Sport, 2wd , 3:54 anti spin, Camper Special with trailer tow, 16x8 Forged Aluminum with 265x75 tires, Fog lights, Audio controls steering wheel mounted, AM/FM cassette with CD, Travel Convenience group, Keyless entry with remote, Leather agate heated seats. Line-X bed liner. ARE LS 2 tonneau cover. Pillar mount boost and EGT. EDGE EZ and South Bend MU 2001 Con. FE clutch.

 

[KWIKKURT]

ROBG, Which South Bend did you install?

Did you have the fly wheel resurfaced?
If yes do you know what method was used?

 

[South Bend Clutch]

Rob put in the 2001 FE and is having some problems. I can't quite figure out what is going on, it is inconsistant with the other reports on the same clutch. Not only the excessive chatter but he also has a hard peddle. I told him to get me the old one to rework in case it is the clutch but it sounds like something else is going on. Any suggestions from the install pro's

 

[KWIKKURT]

Originally posted by South Bend Clutch:
Rob put in the 2001 FE and is having some problems. I can't quite figure out what is going on, it is inconsistant with the other reports on the same clutch. Not only the excessive chatter but he also has a hard peddle.

It sounds like the throw out bearing is hanging up. Maybe the fork is not pushing evenly on the bearing -- that may cause binding and excessive chatter... JMHO

I have the 2001 CON FE and it feels a little easier than the stock clutch. Almost no chatter unless I slowly release the pedal at under 1000 RPM in second.

Good luck Rob. . Although you will most likely be removing the trans again to fix. . This is a problem that you should be able to find and fix.




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"Have you driven OVER a phord lately"
2001 2500 BRT WHT SPORT QUADCAB 4X4 ETH 3. 54LSD TRLR CMPR PKG ALL OPT XCPT LTHR