Clutch Brake Question

This is going to be the easiest kind to install, and the one I went with this last go-around. Around here, it's also the least expensive.



All you do is slip the rods into the holes in the clutch brake, position it on the input shaft, squeeze the rods together to snap it closed, then remove the rods. Don't take long at all to install and the ones like this around here are manufactured somewhere up around St. Louis.






Stay away from these, though:


I decided to buy one of these because it was made in the USA...and a couple bucks cheaper than the other option I had at the time. They bolt together, though, and are a major PITA to get lined up and bolted together working in that tight little access panel.





The other style I've seen has been these:


Once you get it positioned, you push the brake pedal to the floor to set the pin. I've found these are more expensive than those other two styles and I've never been able to get a straight answer on where they are made.

 

Could it just be a matter of adjustment?

 

I'm not exactly sure what you think they will be inspecting...can't really see much through the access panel cover they will remove (if it's not missing already) to install the clutch brake....

Clutch brakes by themselves aren't but $20-$30 depending upon the style you choose....and the 2-piece clutch brakes don't take long at all to install.

 

But it can be a PITA to get the old one out if it's a one-piece.

 

Yup. If it's a one-piece I'd DEFINITELY recommend having a shop do it because it's either got to be cut off, or they will have to drop the transmission in order to get the old one out.

 

AIR CHIZEL works well.

 

if you know how to use a torch--it wont damage a thing--it can get a bit nasty using a torch with flaming grease flying out onto you--but its the quickest and easiest