Help!! Clutch pedal to the floor
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Not necessarily. He said he didn't have any issues with the clutch while changing gears. If it was the throw-out bearing, it probably would have warned him long after with slippage. But he said he didn't have slippage.
I thought the worst also when it happened to me. But thankfully, one of you road warriors on this forum steered me (see what I did there?) in the right direction.
I've had no problems since. And believe me, I put this truck through hell.
My girl has some days when the power is off, so I sometimes can't float as smoothly as I would like. The shift points are all over the place. -
Mine do look all wobbly. Will replace those as well. But as @AModelCat said throwout is duckedgekko1323 Thanks this.
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Interesting. Would you say yours looked like mine in the video ? Problem is I always notice a play in the throwout while greasing.That has me leaning towards doing the clutch. Thoughtsgekko1323 Thanks this.
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So this is what happened to me...
I was at the Blue Beacon in Barstow getting ready to give the girl a bath. As I put the clutch in to get into the bay...POP! My clutch was on the floor. It was just stuck there. No play. I had to pull it up with my hand. I couldn't start her in gear because my batteries were weak. It's a good thing I couldn't because my plan was to drive to Vegas without the clutch!Rideandrepair Thanks this. -
Yes, I saw that now. I don't know much about mechanics, so I take your word for it. I was just sharing what happened to me. People told me it was the clutch also, but luckily they were wrong. That time! (Knock on wood.)Rideandrepair and AModelCat Thank this.
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Haha I'm guessing your girl resents baths!
Had planned on doing front springs and bush over the weekend. Add clutch and linkages to that as well. Thanks allgekko1323 Thanks this. -
Happened to me once. Hit a big pothole, bad cab bushings caused the cab to jump up, caused the linkage to jump the threads. Told I needed a new clutch. Figured it out. Adjusted linkage. Threads are very fine. First 2 times it happened I snapped the shift rod. Had it welded twice. Last time reinforced so it wouldn’t break. Finally figured out I needed cab bushings.
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I’m not saying that’s your problem, but worth checking. I had to take the rod off, put in a vice, and crank on it to get threaded rod adjusted.
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Copy that. Being that I'll have it down that's definitely something I'll addressRideandrepair Thanks this.
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