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Title: time to get a new clutch?
Post by: cletz97 on January 26, 2009, 11:03:15 AM

ive got a 97 with over 137k
clutch has never been replaced
and when its cold it is nearly imposable to shift to 2nd, normal grinds a little
and reverse is always hard to shift into, actually when i;m moving backwards out of gear and try to put it in reverse i cant put it in...is that normal or no?

Title: Re: time to get a new clutch?
Post by: chardrc on January 26, 2009, 12:46:16 PM

wouldn't that be more of a problem with the clutch not disengaging which would be the master or slave calenders... my understanding is that when the clutch goes bad it will slip making it hard to get anywhere...

Title: Re: time to get a new clutch?
Post by: jfrabat on January 26, 2009, 12:59:53 PM

Quote from: chardrc on January 26, 2009, 12:46:16 PM

wouldn't that be more of a problem with the clutch not disengaging which would be the master or slave calenders... my understanding is that when the clutch goes bad it will slip making it hard to get anywhere...

X2; bad clutch, you will be able to put the Jeep in any gear, but it's not gonna go...  Mine also had a hard time getting it into gear, and it was the master/slave assembly.  Of course, it could also be the synchros are going bad, so you may want to check the tranny fluid and use something like redline MT90; mine shifts much easier since I put that in!

Title: Re: time to get a new clutch?
Post by: Jeffy on January 26, 2009, 01:41:45 PM

Quote from: cletz97 on January 26, 2009, 11:03:15 AM

ive got a 97 with over 137k
clutch has never been replaced
and when its cold it is nearly imposable to shift to 2nd, normal grinds a little
and reverse is always hard to shift into, actually when i;m moving backwards out of gear and try to put it in reverse i cant put it in...is that normal or no?

The problem with 2nd is very common with the AX family.  You don't hear of it as often but it was pretty common with all of the YJ's.  You might try changing the fluid to something like Redline MT-90.

As for reverse.  Yes, it's usually a PITA to get it into reverse when you're rolling backwards.  I'm sure it's designed to be like this since reverse is geared lower then 1st and the shock could break something.  Reverse is designed with an interlock that prevents you from miss-shifting form 5th into reverse.  What you're supposed to do is shift into 1st then into reverse to disable the interlock.  You can also disable is if you wiggle the shifter in neutral.  If you pull it into reverse and it doesn't go in, try again and it usually drops in with a clunk.

So, yes, it's normal-ish...

Title: Re: time to get a new clutch?
Post by: cletz97 on January 27, 2009, 04:38:14 PM

thanks alot
im gonna change the fluid as soon as i get the time