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Post by mnhermit on May 22, 2008 12:26:13 GMT -5
Since I b******d about my clutch last week, thought I'd let y'all know about how it turned out.
Took the truck to a local mechanic - not the dealer - and they blocked out a day to replace the clutch. Took it in yesterday. Got it back today without having the clutch replaced! Apparently hydraulic clutches can build up enough pressure to engage without someone pressing on the pedal - and that was what happened to me (and probably happened the last time too!!). The mechanic simply bled the excess pressure from the slave cylinder and I's ready to zoom. So far so good. He said he'd only run into this a one other time. May need to have the master cylinder or a hose replaced later, but it should get me another 5k miles without too much problem.
WHOPPEEEEE!!!! saved $900.
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Post by Ann T on May 22, 2008 12:33:19 GMT -5
Hmm. I had a clutch that wouldn't disengage and it was because the fluid had leaked out of the master cylinder so there was no hydraulic pressure. I think the spring is what holds the clutch engaged, and the hydraulics allow you to disengage it. I'm not sure how "too much hydraulic pressure" would force the clutch to engage. Evidently it worked for your clutch, though, so that's a good tidbit to know.
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Post by billhammond on May 22, 2008 12:34:45 GMT -5
Hmm. I had a clutch that wouldn't disengage and it was because the fluid had leaked out of the master cylinder so there was no hydraulic pressure. I think the spring is what holds the clutch engaged, and the hydraulics allow you to disengage it. I'm not sure how "too much hydraulic pressure" would force the clutch to engage. Evidently it worked for your clutch, though, so that's a good tidbit to know. |
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Post by mnhermit on May 22, 2008 12:44:17 GMT -5
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Post by sekhmet on May 22, 2008 13:02:02 GMT -5
glad that you saved the dollars.  Too bad you didn't make it to the jam. Ann, you're a girl after my own heart. It's so sexy when a woman knows a clutch from a carburetor, don't you think? |
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Post by billhammond on May 22, 2008 13:06:21 GMT -5
glad that you saved the dollars. Too bad you didn't make it to the jam. Ann, you're a girl after my own heart. It's so sexy when a woman knows a clutch from a carburetor, don't you think? Let the record show that I have already professed my undying love for Sekh, too, who knows her f-stops from her fuel injection. And Barbara, well, she is in a category all to herself, having ripped up and retiled an entire basement floor a couple years ago -- a job I surely would have hired out. |
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Post by Fingerplucked on May 22, 2008 13:16:22 GMT -5
We have smarter than average women here, that's for sure. Although I still don't understand how too much fluid build-up can cause a problem in one of these:  I mean, does the clasp come undone, or does it fall out of your hand, or exactly what does disengage mean? And where's the fluid coming from in the first place? |
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Post by sekhmet on May 22, 2008 13:28:52 GMT -5
Oddly, I was thinking that the women of the Soundhole have a bunch of above average guys to hang around here with.  |
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Post by millring on May 22, 2008 14:11:14 GMT -5
Oddly, I was thinking that the women of the Soundhole have a bunch of above average guys to hang around here with. I swear, as God is my witness, that I will NEVER stop trying my best to lower that average. I will become the Antishannon if necessary. |
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2008 14:15:26 GMT -5
The Antishannon, oh GOD! I can't breathe! ROFLMAO!
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Post by Ann T on May 22, 2008 14:32:07 GMT -5
Oddly, I was thinking that the women of the Soundhole have a bunch of above average guys to hang around here with. I concur, the guys here are truly above average. |
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Post by Ann T on May 22, 2008 14:34:24 GMT -5
We have smarter than average women here, that's for sure. Although I still don't understand how too much fluid build-up can cause a problem in one of these: I mean, does the clasp come undone, or does it fall out of your hand, or exactly what does disengage mean? And where's the fluid coming from in the first place? That kind of clutch slips from fluid leaking out of all the makeup stuffed inside, especially on hot days, or in airplanes when the reduced cabin pressure makes the plastic bottles leak. This is why TSA bans all those fluids in carry-ons or purses.  |
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Post by Fingerplucked on May 22, 2008 14:45:00 GMT -5
Women's accessories are such a mystery to me.
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Post by Tamarack on May 22, 2008 15:54:31 GMT -5
As an alternative explanation, consider a young woman, dressed in evening attire, carrying her clutch, and attending a formal event with her fiance. Her fiance proceeds to ingest excessive amounts of fermented fluids. She discovers the man of her dreams is really a drunken lout.
Disengagement quickly ensues.
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Post by Doug on May 22, 2008 16:04:07 GMT -5
I hate hydraulic clutches. When they first came out the slave was outside the trans and everything inside worked like a mechanical clutch. That was bad enough more stuff to go wrong. Now they are intrical to the throwout bearing and a clutch job cost $900.
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Too bad you didn't make it to the jam. 
