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Been quite some time since I visited the forum but I recently had some issues with my truck and I'm looking for other's input.
Truck in question is a 1992 W/T 1500 with a 4.3L and manual trans that I picked up a few months ago. I was leaving a job site last week when the clutch basically stopped working. It happened pretty suddenly and went from normal to not doing anything whatsoever over the course of three or four shifts yet the pedal still felt like it should, no change in pedal feel at all. A friend and I still tried bleeding it a bit which didn't help so I wound up just starting the truck in 1st and driving home without using the clutch.
I bled the whole system several times over and even took the master and slave both off and bench bled them just to be sure I got the air out. After that didn't work I replaced the slave cylinder which didn't make any difference. Also I tried putting a nut on the end of the rod where the slave pushes on the clutch fork thinking maybe **** is just getting worn and now it needs that extra little bit of length to fully disengage but that also got me nowhere. At this point I'm thinking either the pilot bearing seized and is keeping the input shaft spinning even when pressing the clutch or the pressure plate needs replaced. I pulled the trans out to look things over and what I found was a ton of dust/friction material covering everything inside the bellhousing. Pilot bushing is perfectly fine, release bearing and fork are also ok, flywheel has some serious hot spots and the fingers on the pressure plate are noticeably worn but they all sit straight and even with one another. Obviously a new flywheel and clutch kit are in order but I just wanted to get some input from other's and be sure I'm not missing anything. The pressure plate has to be the issue here, right? I've never had one give me problems so not too sure how to tell when one is worn out. I'd really hate to put it all back together and still have problems.
Any input is much appreciated, thanks.
Truck in question is a 1992 W/T 1500 with a 4.3L and manual trans that I picked up a few months ago. I was leaving a job site last week when the clutch basically stopped working. It happened pretty suddenly and went from normal to not doing anything whatsoever over the course of three or four shifts yet the pedal still felt like it should, no change in pedal feel at all. A friend and I still tried bleeding it a bit which didn't help so I wound up just starting the truck in 1st and driving home without using the clutch.
I bled the whole system several times over and even took the master and slave both off and bench bled them just to be sure I got the air out. After that didn't work I replaced the slave cylinder which didn't make any difference. Also I tried putting a nut on the end of the rod where the slave pushes on the clutch fork thinking maybe **** is just getting worn and now it needs that extra little bit of length to fully disengage but that also got me nowhere. At this point I'm thinking either the pilot bearing seized and is keeping the input shaft spinning even when pressing the clutch or the pressure plate needs replaced. I pulled the trans out to look things over and what I found was a ton of dust/friction material covering everything inside the bellhousing. Pilot bushing is perfectly fine, release bearing and fork are also ok, flywheel has some serious hot spots and the fingers on the pressure plate are noticeably worn but they all sit straight and even with one another. Obviously a new flywheel and clutch kit are in order but I just wanted to get some input from other's and be sure I'm not missing anything. The pressure plate has to be the issue here, right? I've never had one give me problems so not too sure how to tell when one is worn out. I'd really hate to put it all back together and still have problems.
Any input is much appreciated, thanks.