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Old 06-29-2007 | 07:45 AM
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when your clutch is going bad???
 
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Old 06-29-2007 | 11:00 AM
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with the car running and in gear, slowly let out the clutch.....with a new clutch, the car will start moving after barely releasing the pedel......with a bad clutch, you will be able to almost completely let off the pedel before the car moves.....
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drive down the road at about 25mph.......put the car in 4th gear and let off the clutch.....then hit the gas.....
if the clutch slips then its going bad
 
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Old 06-29-2007 | 03:27 PM
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ok kool soo mine not goin bad i just thinking it was thanks spud
 
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Old 06-29-2007 | 07:17 PM
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ok spud i had a full car today and i did wat u told me 2 and the clutch slips sometime but not all the time...so is it bad????and i was wondering how much horsepwoer/torgue the mopar high torque clutch will hold and also how long would it take for me to change the clutch myself
 
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Old 06-29-2007 | 07:18 PM
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but with me and 2 other people in the car it wont do it?????bad or going bad????
 
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Old 06-29-2007 | 07:59 PM
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it might be atarting to show signs of going bad....but depending on how you drive it could last another 25,000 miles.....
1st thing....check and make sure your rear main seal and cam sensors arent laeaking oil...otherwise you might be getting some oil in there that is causing the slipage.....
if thats all good, then it wouldnt hurt to replace it before it gets really bad....
the weight in the car can show signs of a bad clutch sooner then no weight since the car is pulling altot more..

its not too hard to replace the clutch with the right tools...i use an engine hoist and drop the tranny through the bottom of the car and that seems to work pretty well

im not sure about the mopar clutch, but it is the same as the PT cruiser clutch as far as i knew
 
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Old 06-29-2007 | 09:59 PM
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ok.....i put a new factory mopar clutch in my car like, 3 months ago and now the pedal is really soft and i gotta let it almost all the wat out before it engages...i dont know howthe clutch could wear out that fast?!?! any ideas
 
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Old 06-29-2007 | 11:13 PM
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nvm guys my clutch pedal as been loose l8ly and i was pushing don on it alittle lol my bad spud thats my high assself bing dumb lol thanks thogh

 




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