How do you replace clutch on 1973ford f250?

Answer 1

first chock the wheels of vehicle

disconect batteries

remove startermotor

next remove drive shaft from differential

f250 probably has 2 driveshafts so you need to remove centre carrier bearing as well.next put jack for support under gear box, a floor jack is best as it has wheels and can be used to slide gearbox back

remove ispection plate from bottom of bell housing.

remove bolts from rear gearbox mount

remove bolts that hold bellhousing to engine block

disconnect clutch

there are 2 different clutch slave cylanders

one is inside the bell housing, or one is outside bell housing don't know which one you have

slide gear box back from engine allowinf enuff room to get at clutch

use a peice of broom stick or an old gear box shaft and slide thru centre of clutch as far as it will go

this will pevent clutch falling on you

remove bolts that hold pressure plate to flywheel

remove clutch and pressure plate

watch the throw out bearing on the gearbox shaft doesnt fall on ya head when ya slide gear box back

when replacing clutch it is a good idea to also replace the spiggot bearing while you have it pulled apart

this is the bronze bush inside the flywheel centre that the end of the gear box shaft sits in when assembled

also should replace throw out bearing and i think most clutch kits include this bearing

so now u put new clutch plate and pressure plate against each other, making sure the clutch plate is facing the correct way

should have TOWARDS FRONT,or TOWARDS FLYWHEEL written on the side that goes against flywheel

use the same shaft of broom stick to support new parts

line up a bolt hole and insert bolt finger tight

then align all other bolt holes and insert all bolts that hold clutch to flywheelthese bolts need to be tightened to correct torque a little at a time so that the clutch is installed flat and with equal torque all way around

also while doing this make sure clutch is aligned correctly with spiggot bearing in flywheel

if you have old gear box shaft this will align the clutch,if not you can rent an alignment tool from any tool rental place.some clutch kits have a plastic dummy shaft for this

when clutch is tightened the dummy shaft will be tight

you may have to knock the saft out with a hammer

next slide new throw out bearing onto gearbox shaft and make sure that it is engaged in the clutch fork that sticks out the side of the bell housing

next is to slide the gear box back against the ngine block and reinstall the bolts

if you did not disconnect the clutch cylander fluid line you will not have to bleed the clutch

the rest of installation is pretty much just the reverse of pulling it apart

hope this helps