How To Install A Clutch Brake

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Talked to a boyfriend about a truck he has for sale, he said he took information technology in on merchandise from i of his onetime drivers who left. Told me information technology runs out fine, as it drove information technology around a bit yesterday, but may have to replace the clutch brake in the future. Told me "it'due south not bad", but that's the only thing he could think might need attending in the future. Ok, what exactly does the clutch brake practice, and estimated cost to supercede?
thanks,
Jim
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The clutch brake stops the input shaft on the manual so that y'all can go it into gear from nuetral without trying to take ALL the edges off the sprags in the transmission. There are inserts that tin can be installed without removing the tranny but I have never tried them. Surely someone on the forum has experience with them
The clutch brake allows yous to put the truck in gear when you are stopped. When completly stopped y'all should be able to shove the clutch in ease up on information technology alittle and place the transmission in gear. When the clutch brake is out of adjustment or broken information technology will grind when you put information technology in gear or won't go into gear at all. Common trouble.Adequately like shooting fish in a barrel fix. You should not keep driving a truck with a bad clutch restriction. If it is hard to arrive gear or grinding it may just need adjusted or maybe replaces. A clutch brake toll around $75.00 plus labor. That is my all-time guess.
If the clutch is adjusted properly, the clutch brake will cease the transmission input shaft at about the bottom of the clutch pedal travel. Or, if setup really tight, the clutch brake can actually stop the truck, simply should never be fix that tight.
If the clutch restriction does in fact demand to be replaced, information technology isn't ordinarily that bad. The OEM brake is a 1 piece deal. Yous accept to cut it out with a torch or air chisel.

Can buy ii-piece replacements, simply they won't be the torque limiting type (no biggie).

Avert the 2 piece that uses long screws to hold it together. They can break apart.
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Does $75.00 plus labor sound right?
Do the different truck manufacturers use a dissimilar form trans brake? The reason I ask is I had a 2005 Freightliner Columbia that would just not hold an aligning. I asked the shop about it and I was asked how I drove it, if I pushed the clutch all the way down every time or if I just bumped it out of gear until I stopped, I told them just bumped it out of gear when stopping....they had no thought what was wrong but keep it adjusted every time I came in. I accept never had whatever other truck do that has anyone else have this problem?
This is on a 1988 Pete 377, if it matters?
Industry of truck would not thing. What is difficult on the clutch brake is when you lot shove the clutch all the way to the flooring while in motility. Say you lot make an emergency stop at 60 mph. You shove the clutch in and hit the brakes difficult. This is hard on the clutch brake and can break information technology. A lot of trucks accept clutch brake problems. Have y'all e'er been at a fuel island and the truck adjacent to you goes to get out and yous hear the transmission get RIP-RIP- Crunch- so the commuter takes off? HE needs his clutch brake looked at.
It is not a hard set. I bet well-nigh mechanics can change a clutch brake in under xxx minutes.
$75 sounds high. But, I don't recall off the top of my head what they toll. IIRC, the last one was ~$50 or less from the KW dealer. Although I have an AAS degree in diesel tech, I work on a 5000 acre row crop subcontract with 5 rigs. I do about all of the truck repairs and almost of the big repairs on the farm equipment. Very rarely have to subcontract the work out to a store. We have a few times, just considering I was busy pulling the bullrack OTR.
I have had the plate that is riveted on the throw out bearing (that the clutch restriction rubs against) come up apart. Given the miles on the clutch, we went ahead and replace the whole clutch and had the flywheel turned, so nosotros wouldn't have to pull it once more.
Thanks for the reply. The person that started the thread asked about cost. I made my best approximate and I wanted someone other than me to have an opinion. Replacing the clutch-brake should exist fairly easy and non to expensive. What you don't want to happen is to find out yous have clutch issues as well. Information technology is as well of import that the person who adjusts your clutch knows what they are doing. I know a driver that had his brother in-law who was a shade tree mechanic adjust his clutch on a company truck. Did non go well. He was in over his head and caused a lot of grief for the driver.