Clutch won’t adjust

there is a video on this page

Eaton EverTough Manual Adjust Clutch

watch it ... 1.15 to 1.23

 

You will remove the adjuster. The adjuster just has a gear that turns the adjusting wheel inside the clutch. The adjuster is replacable seporate, but they dont often fail. Your issue is most likely deeper.

 

I was having the exact same isssue. Checked the adjuster, it was good. My Linkage had gotten all out of wack, adjustment wise. I kept screwing around with it, keeping it working. When I finally replaced the Clutch, it was completely worn out. Barely any friction on 1/3 of the disc. Surprised it wasn’t slipping more. Had to baby it home. Might want to look at Eaton new clutch adjustment procedure. Start from scratch. Adjusting the clutch to spec. You can back it off also. Once clutch is adjusted with 1/2” gap, check freeplay. Might need to adjust linkage to get 1/4” gap at fork, for proper freeplay. I did this a couple times, after having linkage problems, due to motor mounts being bad. That’s on my Freightliner. Different set up I believe than Pete’s. It’s worth a shot. Twice I had no clutch and no freeplay. Thought for sure clutch was shot. After messing around with it, I’d find a happy spot. Clutch would work fine, though my 1/2” gap was way too much. Maybe they didn’t set it up right, or changed some linkage parts, and adjusted clutch to match, instead of adjusting linkage to match the clutch. That was my mistake. Changed a linkage part, then adjusted clutch to match. Ended up over adjusting clutch, which lessens the clamping force, and will cause it to slip.

 

I'm glad you did that before running to a shop. What's next, as in what does that connect too? Could the searing of the teeth affect the next piece?

 

Now what? @Goodysnap ?

 

Go old school and try to turn adjuster ring with a bar. You probably still need a new clutch.