Posted: May 26 2009 at 2:18pm | IP Logged
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First things first, I have a 2005 Nissan Frontier (SE 4x4) with a manual transmission and yesterday I think I "smoked" the clutch. It has roughyl 50,000 miles and just had full clutch and flywheel replacement about 9,000 miles ago. I bought the vehicle used and was sure the previous owner worked the clutch pretty hard.
Anyway, I was on a steep incline with a trailer and when I got to the top after being stopped I noticed a little smoke and a bad burnt plastic/rubber smell. I wasn't riding the clutch, but it didn't seem to be engaging very well.
I didn't think anything of it until I left for work this morning. Now I have a decent amount of clutch chatter in 1st and 2nd gear. It would make sense that it was caused by yesaterdays hill episode, which I thought was just some oil smoke at the time. When I got home the smell persisted thought and I realized it wasn't the oil and was probably something clutch related.
Has anyone experienced this before...Is my clutch shot or maybe I generated some hot spots on the fly wheel? Am I in danger of making it worse if I don't get the chatter fixed and keep driving the truck? Any help or direction is welcome...thanks in advance.
Sincerely, Worst Driver in the World
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