clutch going bad?

[unccpathfinder]

it seems as if my luck is going to keep its path of being crappy. yest and today when i first started the truck and started backing in reverse and 1 time today when i started going forwards right after i started it for the 1st time on these days i got some weird howling noise and the clutch pedal vibrated a lil bit and it only lasted for like 5 secs or so so i'm assuming that it was the throwout bearing... and I noticed sometimes while going up hill the truck kinda "hops" the RPM's dont jump high ammounts maybe 1-200 at a time when its doing that so im guessing the clutch is starting to go...this is on the 95 i just got (i knew before buying it it was gonna need a clutch within the year b/c it has a buncha miles on it i'll have to look thru the book to see when it was last changed but i know she was told she needed to do it within the year)... :sniff:

[Simon]

Yep....throwout bearing most likely. If she's already starting to slip on you, chances are you're going to be due pretty soon.

[87pathy]

Yep, your clutch is due.. you are about to spend 180 bucks

[unccpathfinder]

hmm im gonna go ahead and ask it but im also gonna check part #'s...i have a clutch and flywheel i just installed on the 87...its still not running so...if its the same part #'s im just gonna drop the tranny outta it steal the clutch and flywheel from it...

 

does any1 know right off the bat if the tranny's are the same (just for future knowledge) and if not are these the same parts? im getting ready to research but figured i'd ask anyways

 

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ok just looked for both the 87 and 95 and the #'s were the same so that seems to be ok...but still does any1 know if theres a diff in the 87 and 95 tranny/transfer case im just wondering if i needed to sometime down the road throw the 87 tranny in the 95 if it was the same

 

and according to some auctions on ebay nissan used the same manual tranny from 85-2002 in the pathy's but uhhmmm 86.5 was the 1st pathy...but assume they're talking about the D21 which i understand to be the same as the WD21

Edited February 25, 2006 by unccpathfinder

[jj big shoe]

Go to rockauto.com and compare the part #'s. I do that a lot when I'm fishing for parts.

[unccpathfinder]

sweet the part #'s checked out there too so if i have to do it all i need to do is pick up a pilot bushing and get after it...i dont think i'll be tackling this soon...I got some traveling to do on some follow-up interviews for a job after i graduate so hopefully it doesnt go completly out yet...

 

it doesnt seem to slip all that much just up hill and like i said only 1-200rpms...but i do think it contributes to the "syncro" problem in 1st gear in the slightest bit...

 

Thanks for the input tho

[88pathoffroad]

My brother bought a '83 RX-7 for $200 once, with NO clutch left...then found a $50 bill under the seat!

 

You could let off the clutch, rev it, and wait for it to move. It was GONE. Barely moved. We replaced that bad boy in a downhill-slanted driveway with a few friends, one of whom decided he was gonna be a bad-ass and stuff the tranny back onto the engine by himself under the car...ended up on the recieving end of a batch of old gear oil from the tailshaft right in the face!

 

In other words, if it slips, it's gone the way of the Dodo and it needs attention before it disappears completely.

[Slick]

i don't mean to poho over here.. but damn aaron.. that sure was poetic!

 

oh yeah.. never trust a clutch once it starts to go out...... they have a sneaky way of going POOF when you least expect/want them to

[unccpathfinder]

i wouldnt say its slipping yet...i rode in my buddies trans-am when it was slipping and it would hit 2k and the motor would just rev if he was doing hard acceleration and if he was easy it'd go... but i'll think about changing it here asap

[88pathoffroad]

hmm im gonna go ahead and ask it but im also gonna check part #'s...i have a clutch and flywheel i just installed on the 87...its still not running so...if its the same part #'s im just gonna drop the tranny outta it steal the clutch and flywheel from it...

 

does any1 know right off the bat if the tranny's are the same (just for future knowledge) and if not are these the same parts? im getting ready to research but figured i'd ask anyways

 

::edit::

 

ok just looked for both the 87 and 95 and the #'s were the same so that seems to be ok...but still does any1 know if theres a diff in the 87 and 95 tranny/transfer case im just wondering if i needed to sometime down the road throw the 87 tranny in the 95 if it was the same

 

and according to some auctions on ebay nissan used the same manual tranny from 85-2002 in the pathy's but uhhmmm 86.5 was the 1st pathy...but assume they're talking about the D21 which i understand to be the same as the WD21

I believe they're the same. The only change they made to the manual tranny was the case design revision for relocating the fill hole higher in 96.