JFAComanche6 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Has anyone used a duralast replacement clutch or know someone who has? I wanna know how long they last because my throwout bearing exploded saturday night and I'm gonna finish putting the transmission back in this afternoon. I paid $157 for it from Autozone, so I don't think I was robbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMCJeepMJ Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 I have an AZ clutch in my rig. It has worked just great for my daily driver use the past two years. I advise having your flywheel machined while you have everything apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87Warrior Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 I have an AZ clutch in my rig. It has worked just great for my daily driver use the past two years. I advise having your flywheel machined while you have everything apart. 4.0 flywheels have a curved face unlike the 2.5 and machining will remove it. The FSM recommends cleaning with 180 gritt emery cloth. A Napa (Luk) clutch runs about $10 more than the Duralast. I have never run a Duralast clutch, so I am no help there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFAComanche6 Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 4.0 flywheels have a curved face unlike the 2.5 and machining will remove it. The FSM recommends cleaning with 180 gritt emery cloth. A Napa (Luk) clutch runs about $10 more than the Duralast. I have never run a Duralast clutch, so I am no help there. I wanted to use the Luk clutch kit because it was cheaper and supposedly a good kit, but I have to get this fixed before toomorrow. I'm putting the transmission (and everything else between the rear axle and the engine) back on today hopefully within 5 hours (if I don't break anything else), and I didn't machine my flywheel because it was surprisingly not that bad. I guess not machineing thi flywheel is not a bad thing after all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 II guess not machineing thi flywheel is not a bad thing after all? Not machining the flywheel was a good thing. The FSM very clearly says not to, and I know people who have ignored that to their detriment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54bobby Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Not machining the flywheel was a good thing. The FSM very clearly says not to, and I know people who have ignored that to their detriment. so where can i get a fsm for my 2.5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airspeed Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 My experience with Duralast parts is not good. Every Duralast part I have put in has failed at least once and some twice. Lifetime guarantee don't worry, right. Changing failed parts is a pain in the A$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMCJeepMJ Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Wait wait wait wait it was an O'Reilly clutch not Autozone that I picked up, sorry. Found the receipt for it and it was right at $136 +0% Oregon sales tax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88mjgilley Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 http://www.partsgeek.com/catalog/1988/jeep/comanche/clutch/clutch_kit.html i ordered mine 2 weeks ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Not machining the flywheel was a good thing. The FSM very clearly says not to, and I know people who have ignored that to their detriment. Just spent some time researching this two weeks ago. Only on the 4.0 are you not supposed to have the flywheel resurfaced. On the 2.5 you are. And as far as the OP's original question, I put a Duralast clutch in my 2.5, but it's only been in there for a couple of days so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biotex Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 so where can i get a fsm for my 2.5? http://comancheclub.com/topic/36875-get-your-copy-of-the-renix-fi-fuel-injection-manual-here/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54bobby Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 http://comancheclub....on-manual-here/ this looks to be all 4.0 specific. is there one for a 2.5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biotex Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 this looks to be all 4.0 specific. is there one for a 2.5? The manual covers 2.5 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFAComanche6 Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share Posted February 27, 2013 My experience with Duralast parts is not good. Every Duralast part I have put in has failed at least once and some twice. Lifetime guarantee don't worry, right. Changing failed parts is a pain in the A$$. NO SH*t, I put the whole damn thing together last night and the seals in the lines of the brand new throwout bearing inside the (Peugeot) transmission bursted. I had to use my old lines in the new throwout bearing but it came with 4 new o-rings and 2 new u-shaped clips for the line swap. I put the two o-rings in, slide the metal line in, then put the little u-shaped clip over it. Did I do it right? I thought that's how it looked when I pulled the old lines out of the old throwout bearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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