Clutch possible pilot bearing or broken spring advice

This is exactly what happened in my application. And I didn’t hesitate to replace it, and I went thru the transmission and everything around it. Do it all at once and the right way.

 

Not saying that this always happens or even that it happens very often. In fact I will say that I believe this to be very rare... Just saying it is possible. And no I didnt see it happen, but I have seen and examined the trucks with my own eyes in a truck graveyard.

 

Does the noise go completely away when the clutch pedal is completely up?

 

When you say get rid of, do you mean sell?
If so, how much will that rattling lower the value? Likely more than getting it fixed.

 

You took the truck to someone for diagnosis and they couldn't tell you exactly the problem. Neither can we.

I don't understand what it means that you feel it in the clutch but it's not loud or grabby. Are you saying the clutch is slipping?

Clutches are just the kind of a job that when there's something wrong in there it can be difficult to diagnose. You'll find out what it is when you take it apart and fix it or if it strands you somewhere on the side of the road.

I don't mean that as a smart answer. When I bought my service truck the clutch made some noise but it seemed like it engaged fine and it shifted nicely so I kept using it, but I wondered what that noise was.

So one day rolling down the highway there it went. I had to pay someone to tow me in and I tore into it. The Springs all around the clutch hub were completely destroyed.

I won't do that again, and I certainly would not do it with a rig that I was working to make money with.

I would suggest that you sell the truck immediately or that you fix it. Besides, people like to buy a truck that just had a new clutch put in. It is a good selling point.

 

Clutch in a top fuel dragster doesn't weigh a fraction of the clutch in one of these rigs..... it doesn't need to turn major rpm's to tear things up!!

Man years ago nearly lost his foot in a cabover international when the fan hub bearings let go, things happen.

But you are correct, most likely he's going to be ok.

@Edjahman hopefully you know of someone that can give you some insight from actually looking at it.

 

No big deal on input shaft. They don’t cost much. Good to hear you got fixed