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87 F-150 4 speed Won't Shift gears easy and makes noise Group: alt.trucks.ford Date: Wed, Oct 1, 2003, 4:54am (CDT-2) From: snipped-for-privacy@pagepath.com (Ben=A0Witek) I installed a new clutch not to long ago and now it wont shift gears easliy. When I back out of my drive way it makes the hissing and squeling sound. When I go to shift to first to go forward it wont let me in the gear very easliy. I have to really press the clutch to the floor and push hard on the stick. This hissing noise like a rattle snake is only happining in reverse and when the car is cold when the clutch is pushed in. Any ideas?
-Ben It is also making this whizzing sound whenever I shift from gear to gear. Once I get in the gear though its nice and solid. The clutch is also VERY tight and I have to cram it agaisnt the floor to shift. Sometimes that doesnt even work. I have to turn the truck off and then shift to first and then turn it back on. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for the help! ...
Ben,
1) Pilot bushing / bearing, input shaft bindup
2) Release bearing
3) Scarred Bearing Retainer
4) Improperly installed clutch set
5) Combination of any of the above
personally.....I'm thinking 2 and 3........along with 1........as a direct result of 4......which I guess would arrive me at 5
My guess's, based on your symptoms and the information given about the vehicals repair history, and the failure to see any reference to the symptom as being present BEFORE (?) the clutch set was installed.
could be something else.....but those are those most likely "IF" the symptom wasn't present before the clutch set was changed.
respectfully, Scrib Abell ~:~freek'n clutch expert~:~