Clutch again... I'm an Idiot

kansasboy91 · #1 03-21-2010, 08:31 PM

So when my clutch is about to go out it wont engage until my foots almost off the clutch? Is that true? And what does a burn clutch smell like I was playing around and accidently roasted my tires a little and I smelled the burnt rubber. But when I got back in my truck about 2 hours later and lifted the hood I still smelled that burnt tire smell. Is that what the clutch smells like?

FoMoCo · #2 03-21-2010, 08:35 PM

my clutch acts the same, how many miles are on your truck?

kansasboy91 · #3 03-21-2010, 08:42 PM

like 35 some thousand I think

FoMoCo · #4 03-21-2010, 08:44 PM

unless you are seriously beating the crap out of your clutch, it shouldn't be going so soon, oh wait i have seen a toyota echo with a smoked clutch at 1,000 miles

but seriously, i had 130,000 on my 2001 on the original clutch, and 55,000 on my 2006 with the original clutch, and not really nice on any of my stuff

kansasboy91 · #5 03-21-2010, 08:48 PM

Is it possible that its a bad clutch cause when I got the truck it felt like a brand new cluch and like I havent really been that hard on it like Ive had to ride it a little to go off road so I wouldnt stall when climbing a rock and stuff but I havent done that much in it.

DangerRangerAK · #6 05-24-2010, 02:17 AM

FoMoCo, that's crazy just hit 56,000 on my 06 and the pedal is to the floor. but it will still drive. i can't shift out of the gear i started it in. any thoughts?

Johnbaum13 · #7 05-24-2010, 07:10 AM

My clutch in the Mazda is all the way to the top when it engages, so I figure I need a new one. But it has 100K of city driving on it. The '05 clutch is perfect, and it has 35K on the new one, and I only replaced it at 85K because the slave cylinder was going out.

Adam, sounds like your slave cylinder is dying. Happened to my '05 at 85K.

TJMPHX · #8 07-22-2010, 09:50 PM

Burnt clutch smells like burt brakes. I like the smell of tire, hate brakes/clutch. I'd hate to say it sounds like the clutch. As a word from a mechanic, get a new slave cyl. and turn your flywheel. Ive seen too many comebacks becauseof skimping on the small stuff.