People seem to read what there minds tell them to, paying no attention to the subject of the paragraph-
OK, gotcha. So is this JK clutch issue a common problem? What is the known mode of failure? Just curious as most clutch setups are open to the environment to some degree or another. Why does the JK do this where a nearly 50 year old british clutch doesn't?
It's been a common problem for the JK/JKU from 2007 thru--NOW, the bellhousing/hyd clutch is open to water and has no draining addition, so water/mud will accumulate on the clutch disc and totally ruinit-
The hyd clutch system has no bleed vlv and utilizes the brake master cylinder for it's reservoir
I have no answer for ANY clutch that'll last 50 years without replacement-
no I can remember my dad out on the fender pulling the plugs on the Olds Odd Fire to clear the cylinders of water....getting back in firing it up and using the clutch to get moving again...
No BAM, except the time the transmission lost the counter shaft racing a Corvette or the time the Dana up front exploded trying to get the blow unstuck from a parking curb (diffs not meant to be feed power in reverse).....
I know my work truck has been stuck in water/mud for an hour while we winched it back out and clutch was used and fine...
I remember doing the same thing to one of my Dodge Rams in the early '70s, on a Northern Pacific Ocean beach explore--, but I wasn't talking about automotive history and clutchs from around the world---was I
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JIMBO
