Well, man. I'm not debating it. That's not how these work. I've worked on these trucks since I was a kid doing maintenance for U-Haul. They all gain free travel when the disc wears. Every single one. In fact, my Valiant does the same thing. The only thing I've ever seen anything different on was a hydraulic or cable style clutch. Any of the old linkage style clutches I've ever worked on.....and that's a BUNCH has gained free travel as the clutch wears.
So a diaphragm. I take it you have the OC spring removed.
I don't think he's hurt it either. Probably just the TO bearing. I bet it was noisy from the get go.
Interesting. I don't question what you have experienced. It's not the same experience I have had with clutch disc wear. It's possible the wear you experienced is coming from somewhere other than the clutch disc.
...and please understand, I'm not bein smartass in any way shape form or fashion.....just stating what my experience has been. I can remember I was .....probably 19 layin under this truck giving it a service. Greasing, adjusting. Actually there were two of us. It was raining lightly....yeah we were outside. Anyway, Some of the "water" dripping on us didn't look right. I looked at Robert and asked what's up with this rain?" He started laughing his *** off. I said "What?!?!?!" He said you didn't notice what kinda truck this was, did you?" We were workin on a septic tank pump truck. Need I say more? LOL
Dave my mistake, its not a diaphragm type
Mike, the bearing was up against the fingers, not a lot of pressure against them but touching
That's good. It may have simply been adjusted too tightly.
