nblanton
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Raleigh, NC
Here's the issue, on the way home from a camping trip in Tennessee my clutch pedal started getting soft and I was losing fluid. I topped off around Greensboro and got on home to Raleigh. The next morning I got in to go, and no pedal. This was two weeks ago now, and I've managed to replace the master and slave cylinders, had to rebuild the new master because the little seal in the front part had separated and wouldn't let fluid get back to the reservoir. After doing all this, I now can't get my clutch to fully disengage. I can't shift gears, but I can hear the clutch springs starting to engage as soon as I hit the pedal. Do you think that I may have bent springs fingers on the pressure plate? This clutch has sucked since I put it in two years ago. Lots of chatter and nearly impossible to have a smooth engagement. The old clutch with 220K worked better than the new one honestly. It's an Autozone Lifetime clutch set. I also had the flywheel turned when I did the installation. I'm also sure that it's not the bent clutch pedal issue, as I've already had that happen and I've fully welded it up about 80K miles ago and the welds are still look good. My XJ is a 1995 2dr Sport and currently has 310K on the odometer. I would like to put some more on it before Summer is over, plus I need my Jeep to go camping over the 4th. Please, give me a bit of advice. I'm going to grab a sandwich check back and see what the consensus is.
Also, has anyone else had problems with the tiny ears in the rear axle yoke breaking off and allowing the U-joint caps to separate resulting in vibes? I've been through two yokes now and just noticed that my current yoke has began to crack one ear and the U-joint was allowing about an 1/8" of play. The axle is a ChryCo 8.25" and I have a stock drive shaft.
Also, has anyone else had problems with the tiny ears in the rear axle yoke breaking off and allowing the U-joint caps to separate resulting in vibes? I've been through two yokes now and just noticed that my current yoke has began to crack one ear and the U-joint was allowing about an 1/8" of play. The axle is a ChryCo 8.25" and I have a stock drive shaft.