I searched this and found a couple threads, but none specific to my issue, or maybe its not an issue. My clutch got really really easy to push down. It still engages/disengages at the proper heights/positions, still shifts good, it just got easy as all hell. Anyone ever heard of this before?

 

When was the last time the fluid was changed/checked?

 

x2 maybe it was really hard b4 and you just got used to it and now its easier? lmao

 

just might be getting old and loosing clamping force

might not notice the side effects like clutch slipping though, unless you try to pop the clutch at like 4k RPMs or more, lol

My old one before I started this rebuild felt REALLY soft too... I'm replacing it during the rebuild with a stiffer than stock one

 

Thats what i figured, but i had the mrs. drive it and she said too that it is way easy now. fluid was completely changed when i first got her. two days after i got her i did ALL fluids/plugs/wires/cap/rotor/air/fuel and oil filter.

 

just be glad it's not a Ford deisel with a manual you wanna talk about a STIFF clutch! I drive the one at work every once in a while, and lemme tell yeah, that thing makes my knee condition flare up, lol

 

It isnt "soft" so to speak, it just is really easy to actuate. If i do pop it at like 3 grand it locks up and lights them up.

 

Fluid level?

 

Check for leaks. Check the fluid. Bleed it and see if it gets any tougher. Check the pedal assembly thoroughly too for cracks.

 

oh, and the rubber flex line too; could be expanding with the pressure maybe?

 

see, thats why im confused, it shifts smooth as butter, no grinding at all, slips into every gear. Its just a lot easier than it was before. I dont know, i will check tomorrow after work.


Super- i have knee issues inherited from my mother also, sucks when everyone wants to get out of the trucks and hike. try driving a duece and half for three years! I miss my duece, got assigned to her a Ft. Riley, Drove her at NTC, backwoods in Kansas. ahhhh, the good ol' days. imagine the truck i posted, but all tan ( I was in 1/16 mechanized infantry, but i was the mech.) Maintenance platoon leads the way all day every day!!!

 

oh I know all about the duece clutches

my buddy use to have one, and we had officially dubbed it "The Un-Stucker" around here, lol. That thing was saweet

 

Check the fluid in the master?

 

yeah, fluid level is good, hasn't changed since i changed it, so a leak is out of the question. I will get under there tomorrow and let you all know what i find.

Super- I loved it man, dump the clutch in granny and BAM! 8 tires spinnin'! but remember, watch those thumbs, got dropped for that a few times. The one i was assigned had no muffler, no top, no tailgate. I guess it got raped before i was assigned the truck. We have a guy here in town with one, church guy too, came into kragen, he knew i was military, i asked him if i could cruise it around town, said yes, i need to give him a call this weekend.

well im off to bed, y'all take it easy.

 

My clutch was super easy to push down too before I did the swap...but not just because of the new clutch stuff I used. There is a spring up under the dash that pushes the pedal out, that was out of alignment on mine. If you don't find it/don't wanna deal with it, I'll get it when I get there for the tires. If that's it, of course...

 

Sounds like you had some sort of blockage before...

If it works well now, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

 

thats what i figured, the PO didnt take it anywhere except to work and the store, he was a rat rod guy, not a wheeling guy, his Mother being the original owner. they kept up on a lot of things, but no where in my records do i show a clutch change.