rocketcouch
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- December 11, 2013
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- City, State
- Massachusettes
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 95 ford explorer
so ive been reading a lot about some of the drawbacks to the aftermarket parts for the flywheels and slave cylinders for the m50r1 transmissions. the fitment isnt as perfect as the stock parts and most people seem to be able to tell a negative difference in shifting and clutch engagement with them. with my explorer i found that to get enough depression of the clutch to get it to fully release the pressure plate i had to remove the bump stop at the bottom of the pedal assembly.
this is after i replaced almost everything
-upper pedal bushings
-clutch
-slave/master
-hydraulic line
-flywheel
-bled multiple times
i did read on other cars that some had to use flywheel shims or slave cylinder shims to get the right clearence/preload between the slave cylinder and the fingers on the clutch. i found that ATP makes flywheel shims for the rangers but they specify up to the 3.0v6 not the 4.0. what i dont know is what the spec should be because i wouldnt want to just throw a 0.040 shim in there for no reason.
any info on this or help would be great.
this is after i replaced almost everything
-upper pedal bushings
-clutch
-slave/master
-hydraulic line
-flywheel
-bled multiple times
i did read on other cars that some had to use flywheel shims or slave cylinder shims to get the right clearence/preload between the slave cylinder and the fingers on the clutch. i found that ATP makes flywheel shims for the rangers but they specify up to the 3.0v6 not the 4.0. what i dont know is what the spec should be because i wouldnt want to just throw a 0.040 shim in there for no reason.
any info on this or help would be great.