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Originally Posted by pjwoolw
Welcome to the forum! I'm another bay area guy. As far as the clutch goes I can only advise from what I've read. The single mass flywheel will be more durable but your tranny will be noisy. Replacing the dual mass is expensive but is friendlier noise wise until it dies again.The vibration with the hubs locked could be the driveshaft. On all new to me trucks I have the shafts balanced and new u joints installed. There is a real good shop in Pittsburg Ca. Do not go to the shop in San Leandro. I made that mistake once. Make sure they put new a boot on the shaft and grease the splines. Use good synthetics in the tranny, transfer case and the front and rear end. I use Redline myself and it's readily available in our area ( they are in Benicia ). Use a gasket on the rear end and Gasgacinch sealer. It will never leak. Make sure your vents aren't clogged also. Need a hand PM me.
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Hi Pete,
We are actually pretty close to each other. I live in Moraga. Thanks for the advice on the drive shaft shop. I was planning on rebuilding the drive shafts (new u joints) and balancing the front shaft as a not so distant future project (maybe next month). I have been pricing out all of the suspension and steering rebuild stuff today.
The shocks look completely shot. The play in the steering box is excessive. The ball joints and tie rods have seen their better days. So I am going to just do a total rebuild of everything. All new bushings and hard parts as well as the shocks. I am thinking of going with Rancho shocks. I am curious if you or anyone else has any preferences in this area and personal experiences.
I think I will just buy all ford factory stuff for the rest of the suspension. It all looks stock and it lasted 255K miles so I dont think you can ask for more than that. I used the autozone web site to get a ball park idea. If the steering box from ford is to expensive I might use the autozone rebuilt unit for 150 bucks.
This is also why I am going to use the single mass flywheel kit as a stop gap measure. It looks like all the suspension and steering parts are going to set me back about 600 plus the dual mass just the flywheel alone is 1k so I will defer to the clutch, pressure plate and flywheel kit at 600. If the noise is excessive I can always sell the used kit and go back to dual mass later. For now its more about just making the truck functional again.
This will make for a lot of weekend projects. Once I get it all done I am thinking of running it down some scenic trails ... no rock crawling for me and my long wheel base but I do like to do some 4 wheeling. If you are interested in finding some trails let me know. My daughter has been complaining that I have not taken her 4 wheeling since she was little.
Larry
