Ryan Cowper
Registered User
Hey everybody, I assume it's time to replace my clutch but I thought I'd ask yall if there's any possibility of my issue being related to something else.
I'm moving to a new home and I just used the bed of my truck to haul a fairly decent load through the mountains. This was the first time I've driven this truck with a load. Everything was smooth until... partway through the trip I stopped at a little remote diner to get lunch...
When I hopped back in the truck to leave, I was parked on a very slight incline and needed to reverse out of my parking spot. As I slowly released the clutch, I could feel it struggling... it moved in reverse but it felt like either the e-brake was stuck or the clutch was alternately grabbing and slipping. The clutch petal resistance felt normal and I could smell a burnt brake odor with light wisps of smoke wafting in the air from under the cab. The truck rolled freely back into the parking spot in neutral, so I knew it wasn't a stuck e-brake. Not wanting to be stuck in the middle of nowhere, I slowly limped it in reverse and I was able to get back on the road.
It seemed to drive fine in all forward gears for the next 60 miles, however this part of the drive was freeway, not stop and go. When I drove into the first town and hit traffic lights... I could feel the slight hesitation and slight grabbing/slipping for a split second in first gear. I could also lightly smell the burnt odor again.
I took a different route to bypass stop and go traffic and made it another 50 miles without any problems at freeway speeds. Once I arrived in the town where my new home is located, there were a few more stops and I could certainly feel the grab/slip gradually increase into 2nd and 3rd gears. Finally, I arrived home and there was one last reverse with a very slight incline for 30 feet or so up the driveway... it barely made it with lots of smoke and grab/slip.
There it sits. I just finished unloading everything and I am thinking about taking it around the block to feel how it drives without all that weight.
I don't want to cause any more damage but I figure if the clutch is going out I'm gonna hafta replace it anyhow. My only hesitation is that if it isn't the clutch and say, maybe it's the master/slave or something else. I wouldn't want to damage my clutch anymore than I already have.
Thoughts?
I'm moving to a new home and I just used the bed of my truck to haul a fairly decent load through the mountains. This was the first time I've driven this truck with a load. Everything was smooth until... partway through the trip I stopped at a little remote diner to get lunch...
When I hopped back in the truck to leave, I was parked on a very slight incline and needed to reverse out of my parking spot. As I slowly released the clutch, I could feel it struggling... it moved in reverse but it felt like either the e-brake was stuck or the clutch was alternately grabbing and slipping. The clutch petal resistance felt normal and I could smell a burnt brake odor with light wisps of smoke wafting in the air from under the cab. The truck rolled freely back into the parking spot in neutral, so I knew it wasn't a stuck e-brake. Not wanting to be stuck in the middle of nowhere, I slowly limped it in reverse and I was able to get back on the road.
It seemed to drive fine in all forward gears for the next 60 miles, however this part of the drive was freeway, not stop and go. When I drove into the first town and hit traffic lights... I could feel the slight hesitation and slight grabbing/slipping for a split second in first gear. I could also lightly smell the burnt odor again.
I took a different route to bypass stop and go traffic and made it another 50 miles without any problems at freeway speeds. Once I arrived in the town where my new home is located, there were a few more stops and I could certainly feel the grab/slip gradually increase into 2nd and 3rd gears. Finally, I arrived home and there was one last reverse with a very slight incline for 30 feet or so up the driveway... it barely made it with lots of smoke and grab/slip.
There it sits. I just finished unloading everything and I am thinking about taking it around the block to feel how it drives without all that weight.
I don't want to cause any more damage but I figure if the clutch is going out I'm gonna hafta replace it anyhow. My only hesitation is that if it isn't the clutch and say, maybe it's the master/slave or something else. I wouldn't want to damage my clutch anymore than I already have.
Thoughts?