Questions back:
Have you been doing this a lot?
How heavy was your buddy?
How's your clutch adjustment?
Ken Pletcher wrote:
> Tonight I took a buddy of mine out for ride in DATSTER, this one stretch of
> road was very rough.
> >From a stand still and engine RPM about 3500 I dropped the clutch thinking
> there was going to be a lot of wheel spin and smoke-nope! The engine RPM did
> go up to 6000 and the car was moving so I shifted to 2nd and noticed the rpm
> went up to 6000 again really quick. At that time I noticed there was no tire
> noise and it didnt have that loose feeling,the clutch must have been
> slipping. I did try normal started and hard accel. going through the gear
> and it didn't slip again. I do plan on going out tomorrow and rechecking my
> wheel pattern on a normal road to see what happens.
>
> My questions are:
> Was my rpm too high to have my clutch catch up? I have been able to do this
> before with no problem.
> Could the road have been to rough of a surface and make the clutch slip?
> Could the pressure plate/clutch disc been heated up to much and not recover
> (short term)?
> Big question-If I need to replace my clutch,since this is the 1st time I
> noticed clutch slippage does anybody know how much longer I have?
> Shasta is about 1 month away.
> Ken
> DATSTER
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