Took my car in the dirt this weekend and for the first time since I have owned it I tried to push it a little. Anyway while I was going up some steep hills in 4High the clutch was slipping. I would have put it in 4Low but I did not want to switch on the hill. Is it normal for a clutch to slip under a severe load, or is it just getting worn out? I did not have my foot on the peddle at all. The truck has 107k miles on it.

 

sounds like ur cluch is going. does it ever slip in 5th going down the road?

 

No, it does fine in fifth as far as I can tell. I drive across state alot and I get the same gas mileage I got when I bought it.

 

Does anybody have any suggestions for a strong aftermarket clutch, preferably strong but still streetable?

 

This might be real silly, and please blame my lack of knowledge of clutches and standard's in general for this, but are you sure it wasn't the tires slipping. I am assuming you thought the clutch was slipping because of high rpms?

 

marlincrawler
dont forgot to have the flywheel resurfaced ... did you smell anything odd ?

 

Oh yea I smelled it. I thought the tires were slipping until the cloud of smoke came out the side. That was two days ago and that car still smells like clutch. I am sure it is just worn out.