bad clutch --- ugly

[crushers]

so i had a customer show up today with no clutch, it just went suddenly...
the only clutch i have seen worse was a buddies of mine that had NO material left on either side...

 

[lowenbrau]

Perfect!

That is *exactly* the right time to replace the clutch. I hate taking half worn stuff out. I also hate fueling up when I'm at a half a tank. The rig should be sputtering the last 10 miles into the gas station ( Charla hates that )

Congratulatios to the driver of that rig!

Reduce Reuse Recycle... Yup, me and my Cruisers, we are gonna save the earth.

 

[s79bj40]

when the one in the 47 went i was told its common for old clutches that have done a lot of hard towing in the 4x cruiser series. There was nothing left of mine either, and it just exploded not doing anything strenuous at all.

 

[cruiser_guy]

I had a similar experience with my old '83 Toyota pickup. Worked great in the morning but all of a sudden it went bad. By the afternoon I was lucky to get it home under it's own power!

 

[Island Moose]

Crushers, not only is that the world's thinnest clutch pack....that's also the world's oldest rubber mallet!!! That or you're working too hard

 

[beanz2]

Why pay extra for metallic clutch when you can have one for free . . .

Dave

 

[brownbear]

i had a clutch go instantly on a ford ranger, with in a day it was like a snowmobile slipping the belt bad. when i was able to take it in (next morning) I barely could get it to roll. took lots of ginger movements on the gas. the service tech wanted to test drive it and he only got 10 feet. ha. walked back in and said that clutch is totally gone.

 

[lowenbrau]

For what its worth if you get caught with a bad clutch and have to get home or to a mechanic baby powder works wonders. My old BJ60 was so bad that I had to use low range to get up over the Patulo bridge one morning. There was no hope of getting it to move in high range at all. My diesel guru buddy told me to bring it home to Abbotsford and do a clutch. I figured there was no chance of driving the 40 miles but I loaded as much baby powder in as I could and sure enough it started to move. I added some more and pretty soon it was good as new! I actually drove it for another three weeks before I got a good enough day to do the clutch in the driveway. Likely got another 1000 km out of it.

 

[Jan-78FJ40]

For what its worth if you get caught with a bad clutch and have to get home or to a mechanic baby powder works wonders. My old BJ60 was so bad that I had to use low range to get up over the Patulo bridge one morning. There was no hope of getting it to move in high range at all. My diesel guru buddy told me to bring it home to Abbotsford and do a clutch. I figured there was no chance of driving the 40 miles but I loaded as much baby powder in as I could and sure enough it started to move. I added some more and pretty soon it was good as new! I actually drove it for another three weeks before I got a good enough day to do the clutch in the driveway. Likely got another 1000 km out of it.

where did you put that powder? into the clutch housing? from underneath?
thanks
J

 

[crushers]

For what its worth if you get caught with a bad clutch and have to get home or to a mechanic baby powder works wonders. .

i thought baby powder was to keep things FROM sticking together...

 

[lowenbrau]

where did you put that powder? into the clutch housing? from underneath?
thanks
J

Oh right, forgot that part. I cleaned out an old mustard bottle ( the squeezy ones with the pointy spouts) and then blasted as much as I could in past the clutch fork boot. I had someone hold the clutch down while I was doing this to make sure I got some between the clutch and pressure plate. I also pried open the plate between the engine and bellhousing a bit an blasted some in there. Most of it missed the mark but some ended up where it should and solved the problem. (for a while)

Sidenote... This is the only cruiser repair I know of that will cause your sig. other to compliment you on your smell when you are done.

 

[lowenbrau]

i thought baby powder was to keep things FROM sticking together...

LOL, right. I dunno why it works but it works. Truckers used to do it all the time apperantly. I don't now if it dries up a glaze on the surface of the plate or what.

 

[crushers]

Sidenote... This is the only cruiser repair I know of that will cause your sig. other to compliment you on your smell when you are done.

now that is funny (and true)