Clutch brake? Clutch?

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Thats the idea. You can read Eatons literature on it. The stock brake disc is preferred by them, because it has a slip action built in. That’s how I read it anyways. One piece and 2 pc. Come in 3 different sizes I believe. Standard and 2 different oversize (thicker) discs. Mid America Clutch has a good video explaining initial adjustment, and when an oversized brake is needed.

 

Sorry to hijack the thread.

My mechanic just called to say that as the truck has a cummins in it, they need to get cummins out to do the rear main seal and/or rear structure seal. As they don't have the correct equipment. This is a dealership (in fact an international dealership)

I found this strange, but they said it was standard, I am in Sydney Australia.

From what I can gather I reckon I am looking at about $6-$7k AUD to do clutch, clutch brake, flywheel resurface and rear main seal.

Does this sound correct?

 

Price sounds close. Why Cummins called in? My guess is they dont have the tooling? This is a straight forward nuts and bolts job with the procedures. Only the rear main tools are needed.

 

Price for all comming to 4.25 to 5 k usd, if theyre pulling engine it sounds fair, my very cheap mechanic did clutch, rear main, bellhousing, clutch brake for about 3k (he basically just got the clutch that would work as fast as it could get there, we could have price shopped that and saved $800, but time was more important at the time) i DO need the rear structure seal done, and id have authorized it if he had asked me, but i dont think on my truck that he would have had to pull engine, should be accessible when trans is out from bottom side, might be more annoying, but should be doable. (Have older cat though, so ymmv)

 

There's more than a few shops that fear the isx rear main. I guess you need the exact tool to press it in place correctly, and if it's not, it's a do over.

 

Yeah, he said as all cummins warranty work is done by cummins themselves, they don't have the tools to do the job.

Is what it is now, the clutch was smoking when I left them the truck, so I would need to tow it somewhere else so spending the money for cummins to come out is probably the same.

 

That one in the picture had about 700K on it. ISX. They did the whole chinggasa for $3500 U.S.

 

Here in the US if your a dealer of the product you cover the warranty. No reason an IH shop shouldnt be able to handle this repair. If you sell it, you are considered a dealer. So do they call in a distributor for a sensor change? Someone doesnt know what their doing and is not trained or experienced enough to work on the engine.

The engine does not require removal to reseal the rear structure. We do pull them for both front and rear structure leaking. Faster with the engine out.

 

Did the bell housing to engine gasket, and motor mounts while Casper was apart. That was like another $1K.