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Hey all,
I searched the toy fourms and got a lot of inconclusive information. About 2 weeks ago I was pulling out of a parking lot which then goes up a small hill. Cars were coming so I revved the engine a little bit and was able to pull out, as I shifted from 1st to 2nd things continued to be fine, when i shifted from 2nd to 3rd my rpms increased greatly with little increase in speed, I then shifted into 4th with the same problem. I let the rpm's settle and slowly engaged 3rd gear. For the past week or two I have been babying it as I have figured it is probably the clutch that is going. Again today while going 40ish when i shifted into 4th I experienced slippage. I again let the rpms settle and slowly let out the clutch. I called today and got a quote and its looks liek its going to be $600 to replace the clutch. My questions are if theres anything I should try before replacing the clutch? Should I bleed the system? What about the clutch adjustment etc? Also how difficult is it to do a clutch install without major mechanical knowledge. The price of a tranny jack adapter some socket extensions and a clutch kit is much cheaper then the $600 price I was quoted. I do have a toyota service manual laying around somewhere but I havnet even checked to see what it involves exactly. How long should i plan on this taking? Is there any common problems people run into? Also when I was quoted the fact that the truck was a SR5 was going to make the labor about an hour longer... why is this? (Truck is a 1992 SR5 4x4 Pickup)
Thanks for the help in advance,
Kelly
I searched the toy fourms and got a lot of inconclusive information. About 2 weeks ago I was pulling out of a parking lot which then goes up a small hill. Cars were coming so I revved the engine a little bit and was able to pull out, as I shifted from 1st to 2nd things continued to be fine, when i shifted from 2nd to 3rd my rpms increased greatly with little increase in speed, I then shifted into 4th with the same problem. I let the rpm's settle and slowly engaged 3rd gear. For the past week or two I have been babying it as I have figured it is probably the clutch that is going. Again today while going 40ish when i shifted into 4th I experienced slippage. I again let the rpms settle and slowly let out the clutch. I called today and got a quote and its looks liek its going to be $600 to replace the clutch. My questions are if theres anything I should try before replacing the clutch? Should I bleed the system? What about the clutch adjustment etc? Also how difficult is it to do a clutch install without major mechanical knowledge. The price of a tranny jack adapter some socket extensions and a clutch kit is much cheaper then the $600 price I was quoted. I do have a toyota service manual laying around somewhere but I havnet even checked to see what it involves exactly. How long should i plan on this taking? Is there any common problems people run into? Also when I was quoted the fact that the truck was a SR5 was going to make the labor about an hour longer... why is this? (Truck is a 1992 SR5 4x4 Pickup)
Thanks for the help in advance,
Kelly