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Bought my truck

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Gumper, Feb 23, 2018.

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  1. Feb 24, 2018 #51
    easytopleez33

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    Clutch Disk springs, Yep!!
     
    easytopleez33, Feb 24, 2018
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  3. Feb 24, 2018 #52
    Ruthless

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    You're gonna get dirty. Hopefully all the grease has dried in the last few years!
    Climb under it, ideally before it's dark out lol
    Take a set of vise grips, and 4 large zip ties.
    Best case, the heim joint that popped is just whooped out and didn't bust. If it busted, you're ####ed: you have to get a me w heim joint to put it back together.
    If it's just whooped, pop it back together with the vise grips and wrap a couple zip ties on it, so it can flex but it don't pop apart.

    Heim joints wear out, get greaseable ones if you can.
     
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  4. Feb 24, 2018 #53
    nightgunner

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    Sounds like the clutch blew. Mine did the same thing at a consignee, clutch "exploded" (what the tech wrote up). Aghh the joys of ownership...
     
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  5. Feb 24, 2018 #54
    Gumper

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    I’ll crawl around it and see what I find. Thanks for the tips. Better now than while loaded on the way to my first delivery.
     
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  7. Feb 24, 2018 #55
    TankerYankerD001

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    Nice looking Rig.
     
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  8. Feb 24, 2018 #56
    AModelCat

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    My bet is on the linkage breaking based on what I'm hearing so far.
     
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  9. Feb 24, 2018 #57
    Gumper

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    It was an all of a sudden thing. Pulled off the road for fuel and it took all I had to push the pedal down. It was the same when pulling out of the fuel bay, and the next time I pushed it something gave up and the pedal had no resistance at all.
     
    Gumper, Feb 24, 2018
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  10. Feb 24, 2018 #58
    Gumper

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    No good on the possibility of a broken linkage. It’s all hooked up. I can grab the linkage under the hood, and work it with my hand like it’s not connected to anything in the bellhousing.
     
    Gumper, Feb 24, 2018
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  11. Feb 24, 2018 #59
    AModelCat

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    Check the arm on the end of the cross shaft. Have seen it get loose there and just rotate freely on the shaft.
     
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  12. Feb 25, 2018 #60
    Gumper

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    Cross shaft is tight on the linkage arm. Have to pull the inspection cover off tomorrow, and see what’s happinging up in there. Hopefully a bunch of parts don’t fall out. It drove down the road 400 miles just fine after the clutch pedal stopped working. We’ll see.
     
    Gumper, Feb 25, 2018
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