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Posted: May 26 2009 at 2:18pm | IP Logged Quote Hound

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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Posted: May 27 2009 at 7:52pm | IP Logged Quote frontierguy

It's not going to get better by itself!!! Time will tell how long it will last. It doesn't sound (or smell) like it is long for this world.

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