Was driving to work today in my 00 tacoma and noticed that I am able to shift into 3rd gear by barly depressing the clutch.pedal. I don't feel it slipping but think the end is near for my clutch. Need advice. Thanks

 

It will blow up on you if you drive it another 50 miles.

 

Do you honestly think that would happen? It isn't slipping though

 

I meant like the whole truck = Kaboom. See picture



In all seriousness though, it could be a syncro inside the tranny, But my truck (99 2.7 5speed) all gears are easy...

I wouldnt think much about it unless it does start slipping...

 

hhhhaahh

 

how much free pedal travel do you have in clutch? press down on the clutch till u feel resistance and measure it.




They may call you "silly boy" when you bend over and touch your brake and clutch pedals before starting out on a trip — but don’t worry about it. They may even call you crazy or superstitious.

It's a good, little driver trick and the best way to guarantee that you won’t fail to get over a hill because of a slipping clutch — or that your brakes won’t lock up when you’re in a hurry.

Free play is the pedal travel you get before any action takes place. It's kind of a safety margin and more than just that, it ‘s your assurance that the linkage hidden beneath the floor-boards is in adjustment.

On the 1/4-ton jeep, for instance, the free play of the clutch pedal should be 3/4 of an inch. The clutch pedal should travel down 3/4 of an inch from its "up" position before it makes contact and action starts. Less than 3/4 of an inch free play — or no free play at all — means trouble: the clutch throwout bearing may be in constant contact and you won’t be able to fully engage the clutch at any time.

You won’t get over that hill.

On the other hand, if free play of the clutch pedal is over 3/4 of an inch. the clutch wont release compIetely - you can’t make a clean gear shift. The gears clash and have a hard time meshng.

They growl like a dog.

The brake pedal — free play of the brake pedal is just as important though not so well known. Some people don’t believe in it. some ignore it.

But if the brake pedal doesn’t travel downwards 1/2 inch (on the jeep) before the linkage makes the push rod engage the piston in the master cylinder, why, then when your foot’s off the brake pedal, the piston may not be able to return to the full-release position where the cup clears the by-pass port in the cylinder. Some of the brake fluid in the lines won’t be able to get back into the reservoir above the cylinder and you’ll find your brakes dragging or even locking.

You’ll go nowhere fast.

 

I think it's time for new clutch hydraulics- (clutch master, clutch slave).

Mike

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i was kinda wondering the same thing on my 00 tacoma. sometimes i have to fully depress the clutch for a clean gear change. sometimes after i have been driving for like 10-20 miles i can bearly push in the clutch- maybe 1.5 inchs and it is a clean gear change.

 

How is that a problem? You barely pressed the clutch and shifted to 3rd? You are probably shifting right at the right time to catch the match of engine speed to drivetrain speed. You can shift through all gears without the clutch if you know what you are doing.

 

x2!!

 

i shift at about the same speed or at least within 250 rpm of each time, and sometimes i have to depress all the way, other times barely....

 

Its an exact speed so you might be 250 rpms off sometimes and miss that speed match. I seriously wouldn't worry about it. When things start grinding going into first or reverse, or slipping under power, those are good signs your clutch is going or possible transmission issues.

 

yea. thanks man! not much of a problem more of a pain lol. but is it normal for it to sometimes not want to go into reverse? im at full stop, depress clutch all the way, and try to put it into reverse, and it doesnt engage, run it through all the gears and then it goes in? problem or just another pain?

 

Sometimes I have to go into 1st and then reverse. You shouldn't have to go through all the gears, just one forward gear and then reverse. Syncros? Not too much of a worry. Flush your tranny. If it ain't grinding its fine. Its a Toyota.

 

You have tried pumping the pedal trying to get it into revese right...

Its just hard to get into R sometimes...

 

My first car, a '73 Audi 100LS would not go into reverse except by way of first gear. Since then, I have always gone to reverse via first. I don't even think about it....but it seems easier on the tranny and seemed to make it easier when I regularly drove four manual cars, one three-speed, one four-speed, and two five-speed, one with reverse up and left and the other down and right. (mine, wife's, company and toy) Arghhhhh!

 

yea, sometimes it works after going from first, others have to go through like 3rd and it will drop right in. already flushed the trans lol.