TacoGuy

Im driving a tacoma and I let my girlfriend drive it for a couple days and she kinda burnt the clutch up and now I can't shift into forst without grinding gears unless im completely stopped and when im idling in neutral there is a humming is that my throw out bearing on my clutch and is my clutch going out or is it a tranny problem? Any help is appreciated

millball

I hate having to let other people drive my machines, especially stick shift stuff.

Most clutch problems require dropping the tranny to inspect the clutch.

Try to verify that the clutch hydraulics are as they should be and are not the source of your troubles first, as that stuff is external and can be checked out fairly easily.

Maybe your rig just came down with 'girl cooties'

wyoming9

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You should only be able to shift into first gear when your stopped well that is how all mine are any how.

I have to agree sounds like a case of Girl Cooties!!

These things seem to happen when other people drive your vehicles.

I guess it comes down to how many miles are on the clutch maybe time for new.

TacoGuy

Yeah maybe time for new I have 212xxx miles as far as I know the clutch has never been changed but im not sure how hard of a job it is or how much $$$$ never done a clutch before so I'd have no idea what id be getting myself into

wyoming9

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I would bet quite a few threads around

It is really a hard call to make some people can be challenged in this area .

It is a lot of work and things can go wrong.

I have changed them alone over a weekend.

Don`t go cheap on a clutch kit.

Jomoka

Yeah, it's not as complicated as pulling the motor. But it does involve getting the car up into the air some (assuming it's not a lifted 4WD Taco), and unbolting the trans and carefully lowering it down.

Then the even harder step of raising the trans back up, engaging the input shaft into the clutch disc/pilot bearing, and carefully sliding it back into the engine.

A real trans jack is well worth the trouble of obtaining. If you're not 4WD it's a lot easier, the transfer case makes the trans a lot heavier and awkward and unbalanced.

If you're not a pretty experienced wrencher, I'd probably leave this to a pro.

TacoGuy

I have experience working on toyota completely rebuilt a 22r and done a few things on mine water pump brakes ball joints etc. But the clutch is the only thing I havnt messed with that's what im worried about I have a basic idea but dont know every step I have to take ill have to look n into it maybe i can find a thread. And yeah its 4wd stock height. Any suggestions on a good clutch? In have a friend that just did one on a ranger and he said something about a two stage clutch and it works really well? Like I said I dont know much about clutches

TheDurk

I have a couple of links for that:

http://www.ttora.com/forum/showthread.php?t=149715

http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/4Runne...enance/clutch/

The FSM is also very helpful, but I don't know an on-line source.

I highly recommend you install the Marlin Crawler Poly shift seat bushings at the same time. Cheap, and makes a world of difference.

I went with the OEM Aisin Clutch Kit, available on Amazon:


I have also heard good things about the Marlin Crawler HD clutches. The Aisin kit has gone up in price so the difference is less now.

This was my first clutch job and I did it on jackstands in the garage. I'd call it a major beyotch. A trans jack was a must--Harbor Freight has a cheapie that did the job just fine. That bell+trans+Xfer weighs a ton and most of those many bolts are VERY hard to get to. But I had time and over the course of a week, a few hours a day, I got it done--solo. You need lots of wobble extensions in various sizes. Harbor Freight has a neat set that was big help.

Do your starter contacts at the same time if you haven't done them. Mine were almost worn through; I am very glad I decided to PM them.