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Engine miss turned into a clutch conversion on a Dodge Ram 3500 6.7 Cummins

6/3/2013

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Back-Story: Previously a customer (let's say "Jim") had gone to the local dealer complaining of an engine miss. The dealer only cited one cylinder as having a miss. They changed ALL the injectors, and it still had a miss. The dealer guessed the engine fan was bad.  "Jim" brought his truck into M.D.S. and Chris tore apart the whole front end, looking for a vibration in the belts and pulleys. When that did not yield results, he went for the clutch. And there was the issue. The dual mass flywheel had gone out-of-round and was creating an engine miss feeling.

A different customer "Bob" came into the shop complaining of an engine miss. We preformed a cylinder contribution test- we found #1 cylinder contribution malfunction. We preformed cylinder cut-out test, still missing on #1. Bob was ready to have his injector replaced and Chris informed the customer of the clutch defect. Upon inspection and test runs, we found the clutch vibration. We advised Bob that a dual mass flywheel delete would prevent this in the future.

The job would be the same for 2 wheel drive or 4 wheel drive, it would just have additional labor for removal and re-installation of the transfer case.


PictureLeft- Old clutch plate, Right- New clutch plate



Two weeks ago we completed a clutch conversion on a 2007 Dodge Ram 3500 2WD with a 6.7 Cummins engine. The truck comes stock with a dual mass flywheel and it was upgraded to a conventional flywheel. Dodge installs the dual mass flywheel to absorb more shock on take-off.

Transmission and old clutch removal

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Rear of transmission ready to be removed
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Dual mass pressure plate
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Dual mass flywheel with burn marks from clutch slipping and overheating.
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Tool used to turn engine to remove flywheel bolts.
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Center is out of round.
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Pressure plate with heat marks and cracks
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Organic clutch disk worn out- no wear grooves present.

Upgrade parts

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Upgraded clutch master and slave cylinder, necessary for conversion.
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New and old clutch components
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Old and new clutch plate- the new clutch plate has less springs and is stronger!

New Clutch Install

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New flywheel installed with pilot bearing greased
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Aligning clutch disk before pressure plate install.
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All bolted up!
3 Comments
Danie Sullivan
12/23/2013 07:25:10 am

I recently replaced the clutch on my mk6 gti. I went with a smf instead of a dmf because the upgrades the motor would not allow me to use the stock clutch parts. Now the motor has a miss, hesitation. I can sit in the car in park & rev the motor through out the rev range and listen to it miss but as soon as I press in the clutch the miss disappears. The issue is driving me crazy & seems to be worse with hotter temperatures and higher humidity. Anyone have any ideas ?

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10/25/2015 04:31:48 am

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Ariana W link
1/12/2021 04:25:08 am

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