Since my last post I've gotten pretty well aquatinted with the inner workings of an r150f.
Purchased a press (cheap
Amazon 12 ton) and come what appear to be cut down cylinder sleeves from yota1 for pressing out gears without damage to the teeth if said gears. Also got a cheap harbor freight bearing jaw puller. Other than that just a set of 3 jaw clamps, a torque wrench and hand tools is about all you'll need. A magnet for retrieving some detent balls. A good torqx 3/8 drive set.
On my first attempted rebuild I got just over a year run before 2nd started giving issues. When cold I had to over rev a bit in 1st when shifting into second. If I didn't have the ability to rev to/past 2k I had to double clutch. Once warm it was better. Down shifting also required double clutching.
It took only a week or two for these issues to get worse and sometimes when double clutching didn't work.
For the entirety of the year I ran Royal Purple 10w40.
I mixed and matched clutch forks/pivot balls to keep the clutch pressure plate from contacting the fork. As you can see from pictures, it didn't work. At idle the transmission was always loud with the clutch engaged. I thought it was gear whine but obviously not. This was the centerforce dual friction clutch kit. Very heavy pedal.
I didn't realize it was a heavy pedal until installing my new FX dual friction clutch kit. It feels like there's not a clutch there. Time will tell how long it lasts. No slipping on my city work commute. A highway run will be the next test . I removed the extended slave push rod and back to stock now. I feel like the centerforce pressure plates had so much glamping pressure they were overpowering the yota slave.
The picture of the second pressure plate is a centerforce 2 kit, you can see it was also hitting on the high spots.
My knees are showing some age and the heavy clutch was not always kind, for not I'm at least enjoying a pain free driving experience.
