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- Mar 8, 2008
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- Age
- 48
- City
- North Vancouver BC
- Vehicle Year
- 1995
- Transmission
- Manual
Clutch help!
The past week or so I've noticed that my clutch pedal was slowly grabbing lower and lower. It was also hard to put into 1st/reverse, and would usually only ever go in after holding pressure on the gear shift for a few seconds. And even still, sometimes it was really hard to push into gear. Reverse would almost always grind.
THEN.... the past few days here in Vancouver we got over 18" of snow which made my back alley impossible to get out of (especially with 33" BFG M/Ts). Anyway... While attempting to back out I got myself right stuck, almost sliding into a fence. During my attempts to get out, my clutch got even worse, and was barely grabbing at 2" from the floor!! 1st and reverse then started to grind while I had the clutch fully pressed in. I managed to free myself enough to pull back into the same spot where it was parked. But the clutch now almost goes right to the floor before I can feel it grab.
Could this be a combination of my Pilot bearing/Pressure Plate? I think it's still the original clutch... (1995 XLT 4.0 4x4) 275,000.
I have tools but have never attempted clutch work, let alone remove a transmission. I feel much better about having a shop fix it. My local 4x4 shop is back open on Monday, so I'm going to wait until then to get it towed there in hopes that maybe some of the snow will be melted away by then and I can either limp my truck up the alley or have a tow truck come down and pull it out.
Any ideas what it might be?
The past week or so I've noticed that my clutch pedal was slowly grabbing lower and lower. It was also hard to put into 1st/reverse, and would usually only ever go in after holding pressure on the gear shift for a few seconds. And even still, sometimes it was really hard to push into gear. Reverse would almost always grind.
THEN.... the past few days here in Vancouver we got over 18" of snow which made my back alley impossible to get out of (especially with 33" BFG M/Ts). Anyway... While attempting to back out I got myself right stuck, almost sliding into a fence. During my attempts to get out, my clutch got even worse, and was barely grabbing at 2" from the floor!! 1st and reverse then started to grind while I had the clutch fully pressed in. I managed to free myself enough to pull back into the same spot where it was parked. But the clutch now almost goes right to the floor before I can feel it grab.
Could this be a combination of my Pilot bearing/Pressure Plate? I think it's still the original clutch... (1995 XLT 4.0 4x4) 275,000.
I have tools but have never attempted clutch work, let alone remove a transmission. I feel much better about having a shop fix it. My local 4x4 shop is back open on Monday, so I'm going to wait until then to get it towed there in hopes that maybe some of the snow will be melted away by then and I can either limp my truck up the alley or have a tow truck come down and pull it out.
Any ideas what it might be?
