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Originally posted by 99cougar:

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Originally posted by Instigator:

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trevor (fastcougar) said that with later MTX-75's (2001-2002) i didnt need to worry about the pinion gear.

i dont know if it brings anything else up, but when my dad and i pushed the car in and out of the driveway, it was EXTREMELY difficult. like it took four of us to push the car out of the driveway and into the garage, and all of us were trying really hard to push it.

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I am not positive but i would "guess" that all the MTX75's would need to have the pinion gear replaced along with the ring gear.

I am thinking you need to crack that casing back open and see if you have messed up either the ring or pinion gears. And if not...put the stock ring gear back in it! The Zetec FD doesn't really do that much good...your not gonna have traction either way. You'll just be shiftin' gears a little faster

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Umm YEAH! I can't see any way for the ring gear from a the zetec (3.83:1 IIRC) to mate up to the teeth on the 4.06:1 pinion gear!

Wow. Well as long as you have your old FD, just crack it back open and swap out the ring gear to the one that was designed for that pinion.
I suppose if you didn't drive it anywhere it may be okay still but in the worst case, you may need a new ring and pinion set.

You never mentioned this before Also, this may be why everything on your clutch looked just fine.