2.3 t5 transmission

[Piranahbite]

GUYS! i have an emergency situation. Im in the assembly phase of repairing the clutch on my 87 2.3 mustang, i had some slipping, and some nocking going on. Found a worn throughout bearing and a semi worn pilot bearing and a glazed and groved clutch. I got a new clutch set, and im looking for a clutch fork now because the spring on my old one is worn out were the throughout bearing rests. I dont feel comfortable re using it because its gotten way more worn since 2 years ago when i first did this clutch. Can anyone source me a clutch fork with a good spring? Im only finding 5.0 forks, and 2.3 forks with broken springs. If anything, i can re rivit a spring on if anyone has just a spring. Ill attatch pictures of my parts for you all.

 

[Piranahbite]

GUYS! i have an emergency situation. Im in the assembly phase of repairing the clutch on my 87 2.3 mustang, i had some slipping, and some nocking going on. Found a worn throughout bearing and a semi worn pilot bearing and a glazed and groved clutch. I got a new clutch set, and im looking for a clutch fork now because the spring on my old one is worn out were the throughout bearing rests. I dont feel comfortable re using it because its gotten way more worn since 2 years ago when i first did this clutch. Can anyone source me a clutch fork with a good spring? Im only finding 5.0 forks, and 2.3 forks with broken springs. If anything, i can re rivit a spring on if anyone has just a spring. Ill attatch pictures of my parts for you all.

Also, i have a drag race on the 20th id like to try to make, hence the emergency

 

[AeroCoupe]

Buy a 5.0 fork and swap the spring over to the 2.3 fork? Not sure if they are the same but thought I would throw it out there.

 

[Piranahbite]

Buy a 5.0 fork and swap the spring over to the 2.3 fork? Not sure if they are the same but thought I would throw it out there.

Thats a good idea! I want to try it, but i cant find a good enough picture of one, somone also said i should brake off the spring, and put a 614017 throughout bearing on it, its a throughout bearing that clips onto the fork

 

[Noobz347]

throw out bearing*

 

[Piranahbite]

BIG UPDATE!!! so, im a dumbass, the whole job was a miss diagnosis, the hissing came from an exhaust leak at the egr pipe, and the rattling was my caterpiller converter that fell appart... the clutch was fine... but i eventually replaced evreything anyway and got a new clutch fork. BUT i still have a nock!!!! Only at idle and deceleration at around 0-5mph, its seperate from the cat-nock because i removed it, and got a good video for you guys, what do you think this is??? That silly plate that goes between the engine and tranny? Or somthing else? Heres the video
View: https://youtube.com/shorts/S7JE_a5VYu8?si=DvJOQvQa-xUYT5Ca

 

[Piranahbite]

ok, put oil in the engine incase that was the reason, still, no change

 

[General karthief]

Wow
It does not do it sitting still?

 

[Piranahbite]

Wow
It does not do it sitting still?

It dose! Sitting still, Rolling, anytime im not accelerating, but it dosent do it all the time, for example, today it didnt do it, yesterday it did

 

[General karthief]

You ever look around underneath?

 

[Piranahbite]

You ever look around underneath?

so far its only happend when im not able to take the time to diagnose it, on the way to school or work, best thing i got is that video i posted and my current knowledge

 

[evintho]

On the video, it sounds like something banging on the floorpan. First thing that comes to mind is the exhaust pipe slapping against something. Broken motor mounts or trans mount allowing eng/trans to torque more than usual and bang against something. Time to get it up in the air and see WTH is going on!

 

[Piranahbite]

On the video, it sounds like something banging on the floorpan. First thing that comes to mind is the exhaust pipe slapping against something. Broken motor mounts or trans mount allowing eng/trans to torque more than usual and bang against something. Time to get it up in the air and see WTH is going on!

that's what it feels like, I feel it through the floorplan, but I dont think there's anything obvious slapping around, exhaust is too far from everything to hit anything, and it only happens in the mornings or at night, when the cars cold. I have a suspicion it has somthing to do with somthing that rotates, fly wheel, crank, cam, or accessory drive. last bit of info I have is that it started after my big NHRA race back in the end of July and since i have replaced the whole clutch assembly besides the input shaft

 

[Piranahbite]

Another thing that may be causing this issue, are you guys familiar with the little plate that goes in between the block and bellhousing and tucks behind the flywheel? if so, you'd know there a pain in the butt to install or leave in place, specially when their bent... which mine is... so I'm thinking maybe mines bent enough to ever so slightly kiss the flywheel every now and then... but maybe not if this is plausible i do have a second one from the TC engine i pulled

 

[evintho]

That's a possibility but like I said, only way to find out is get it up in the air and climb under there while it's running.

 

[General karthief]

Damn aliens again.