NJ 3.0l manual - no front wheel drive, also slipping clutch

[aussiebushman]

Fixed!

Thanks again to all of you who offered advice. With the help of a couple of local guys (both farmers with plenty of mechanical experience), we changed the clutch plate at the weekend. With three of us working, the job took a total of just under 6 hours.

Interesting that the old clutch plate was hardly worn at all, but there were burn marks on the pressure plate and the fingers of the latter ha obviously lost tension, hence the slipping. The thrust bearing was looking bad so it was changed for a new one.

The flywheel showed no sign of wear so it was NOT removed - remember this is a bush vehicle that does less than 20 Km a month collecting firewood etc.

The hardest parts of the job were removing the bolts between the engine and bell housing, also getting the gearbox back into alignment. A large trolley jack and a pinch bar, plus some sweat and rude words resolved that.

Haven't driven the beast very far yet but there is no more clutch slip

Thanks again

Alan

[nj swb]

Congrats on achieving a good outcome and thanks for posting about it.

[disco stu]

Good to hear

[pharb]

You obviously still have a lot to learn, but your training appears to be going well.

A large trolley jack and a pinch bar, plus some sweat and rude words resolved that.

A professional would of used a couple of pinch bars (because they can sometimes go missing after a flight through workshop) and a constant supply of progressively loader rude words. Not just "some".

My kids didn't actually knew I knew any swear words........until it came to having gearboxes out of their various vehicles.