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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 112 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2007 Posts: 112 | Hi guys,
How do I know if the pressure plate is good?
when I act the pedal clutch,the gear don´t work or is too hard to get it, sometimes I have to turn off the engine to put the gear.
I adjust the pedal enough,but is the same thing.
My truck is 1952, 3600, 4 speed trans.
thanks,
alfonso | | | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,061 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,061 | Hy alfonso, it sounds like your clutch disc may be stuck to the flywheel. If you place the vehicle against something strong and solid [a building or a tree] and then hold the clutch pedal down and try to start the engine, it may break free of the flywheel, hope that helps. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 | If the engine will start and idle after you put the transmission in gear and start it, it's probably time for a clutch change. The clutch disc has come delaminated and it's not possible for the pressure plate to retract far enough to keep it from dragging and making the gears clash. A clutch disc stuck to the flywheel would break free the first time the engine was started in gear with the pedal depressed. Take the dust cover off the bottom of the bell housing, and look for evidence of contamination or separation of the clutch material. If the truck is original, you'll have to deal with the closed driveline, so a clutch change can be a pretty difficult project.
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