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Have just bought set of Centipedes for the lux. 32 x 9.5's. And went out to Labertouche today for a play. These tyres are good
Anyway question time.
Had to pullup because guy in front was having trouble. (80 with dual lockers and 35 inch centipedes). At that time I was running 3rd low lots of wheel spin, very greasy. To get on the move I reved to about 3500rpm and dumped clutch, ( same gear) trying for wheel spin but got nothing but smoke from the wrong place . Clutch smoking big time.
Edit- sounded a bit stupid, Is this a standard toyota clutch thing. and are SR5 clutches softer than standard? The pedel is very soft. Last hilux was a 2.8 DTS turbo with heavy duty clutch which did not slip. Ever!
Have been sugested a heavy duty replacement $500 will this fix it. Heavy duty clutch on last hilux was about $170.
Info please.
Pic of my lux. Not hardcore I know.
Sorry about size.
Last edited by Goodsy on Sun Jun 29, 2003 1:30 am, edited 1 time in total.
toyota factory clutches are borderline at the best of times, and spinning all four wheels is a different game to spinning two at the lights, even in apprantly low traction situations. if your clutch is more than 60,000km old it is probably getting tired - if the clutch is good it should either spin the wheels or stall the engine. is it possible the clutch was already hot from making a lot of gearchanges in the late 20 minutes or so?
Clutch has done 80000kms. Probably would have been fairly warm. I was not treating it nicely. Think it may be on the way out. Can you recommend a heavy duty replacment?
daiken exedy 'Xtreme' or 'Safari Tuff' are excellent, the safari tuff is a bit hard on the left knee but will never slip. be prepared to spend over $400 for either of them, and there's no warranty on the 'xtreme' (not sure about the safari tuff) as it is a performance/competition part. going on 50,000km with the xtreme in the bundy which I reckon is equivalent to 150,000km of normal mortal driving, I am pretty hard on it
. Clutch smoking big time.
