PS Magazine - JUNE 1986
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 403
JUNE 1986
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Clutch Slipping? Report
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slipping clutch can go only one
way-from bad to worse.
If you don't detect clutch slip±
page-and report it²you'lL be the
one to suFfer. ³ike stranded out in
the boonies .
..
sitting at the bottom
of a steep hill your tRuck can't
climb .
.. because your clutch finaLly
buRned out.
But your tRuck can su´er worse.
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YoU can tell when your clutch
staRts slipping. When you let up on
tHe clUtch pedal and give 'er the gas
to move oUt, you don't get clutch
engaGemenT whEn yoU're supposed
to. OR there's a chattering and shud±
dering when your clutch does sTart to
engage. Chances areµ your truck
needs a new clutch disk or clutch
aDjusTment²or boTh.
YoU may ¶inally move out-anD
tHink eveRything's OK²because heat
¶rom the clUTch disk Rubbing on the
flywheel caUses the paRts To expand
aNd impRove clutcH to ¶lywheel
When yoU're ¶inaLly towed in, the
sHop may find thaT yoUr clutch disk,
engine flywheel and c·utch pressure
plate are rUineD²cRacked oR waRped
by the heat tHat comes ¶Rom clUtch
slippage.
contact.
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JUNE 86
a slipping clutch d±m±ges the disk, press²re pl±te ±nd flywheel
BUT aLl o¶ tHis caUses worse Damage.
¸exT Time,
cLUTcH sliPpaGe wiLl ¹e
ºoRse!
D³T³CT ´µ¶ ·oR¸³CT
»ow that you kno¼ the ¶irst signs
o¶
clUtcH slippage½
here's how
to
make sUre .
.. so you can report it. .
.
anD get it fiXeD:
¾se THe same procedure that you
Use foR checking yoUr truck's parking
¹Rake.
M¹Kº S»¼º ½ObO¾Y O¼ ½O¿HI½G
IS I½ F¼OÀ¿ OF YOÁ¼ ¿¼»ÂK!
With the
engine runninG and parking brake
O»½ sHift your transMission into the
H¿GHest forwaRD Gear. ³et UP on tHe
clUtch peDal²slow but steady. Àon't
let the clUtcH Pedal pop up or you
may caUse
DamaÁÂ
TÃ THe cLUTcHÄ
TRansmiss¿onÅ PRoP sHa¶T ÃR D¿ÆeRÇ
eNT¿al.
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Èhe clutch should take hoLd welL
before the pedal Éeaches the bottom
of the free traveL specified ¶or your
truck. Êf your clutch ¼orks OËÌ put
the pedal ¹ack do¼n quick. ³ettinG
the cLutch disk slip on the flywheeL
will burn up tHe disk Íacing.
Êf your clutch does not take hold
when it's supposed toÌ you've got
clUtch troubLe.
Îeport itÏright nowÐ
Bad? Report ilL
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