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Car Forum / Jeep / February 2007Extreme angle - clutch failure
Hi - I like to climb snowbanks. I got the $%# scared out of me on Saturday. I went up this steep bank, and the angle started getting extreme. I was in Low-4. As I started getting uncomfortable, I disengaged the clutch to stop climbing. IT DIDN"T DISENGAGE! It lurched forward and upwards at a steeper angle. My receiver hitch bottomed out and I could have flipped backwards. Fortunately, The engine stalled. I heard 3 beeps as well just before it stalled. I freaked out. After the stall I was stuck up there - pushed in clutch to come back down, but the angle prevented me from coming backwards. Started the engine after a bit of hesitation (fuel had to get from the tank to the engine) and i put it in reverse and came down slowly. Freaky experience. What happened? Remind us on your vehicle? Mechanical clutch, take a look at your body mounts... Hydraulic, take a look at your fluid level. No idea what the beeps were, maybe you were at such an angle a "Check Guage" alarm went off. > Hi - I like to climb snowbanks. I got the $%# scared out of me on > Saturday. I went up this steep bank, and the angle started getting [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > What happened? > Remind us on your vehicle? > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > No idea what the beeps were, maybe you were at such an angle a "Check Guage" > alarm went off. 2002 TJ Manual tranny Hydraulic clutch I'm thinking the fluid level got skrewed up from the angle. and the beeps could have been low fuel but it only beeps once for low fuel. I wonder if the Sahara beeps a roll over signal? hahahhaa I'm guessing the beeps may have been for oil pressure, if the clutch was starved, imagine what was happening in your crankcase. I bet you weren't looking at the guages, though... :-) >> Remind us on your vehicle? >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > fuel. > I wonder if the Sahara beeps a roll over signal? hahahhaa Crazy clip. Poor Jen. Matt - yeap i was looking up at the sky - not the guages. sky, rock, sky, rock, rock, sky..... -jenn >>Crazy clip. Poor Jen. >> >>Matt - yeap i was looking up at the sky - not the guages. That sounds like your clutch is 'really' low on fluid. I would be check the MC and if low be looking for leaks. If this is your TJ? If not, look to Matt's post. Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view! Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2115147590 (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page) > Hi - I like to climb snowbanks. I got the $%# scared out of me on > Saturday. I went up this steep bank, and the angle started getting [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > What happened? > That sounds like your clutch is 'really' low on fluid. I would be check > the MC and if low be looking for leaks. > > If this is your TJ? > > If not, look to Matt's post. Yep its TJ Really low - it's full - I'll check it but I think the angle caused the line to be empty. I'm telling you - I was in the 11:55 o'clock position!! I'll check the fluid level after work On Feb 12, 2:37 pm, Thoth1...@gmail.com wrote: > > That sounds like your clutch is 'really' low on fluid. I would be check > > the MC and if low be looking for leaks. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > position!! > I'll check the fluid level after work To re-iterate - The clutch failure was very temporary. After re-start it was fine. better than in the 12:05 position... trust me, I've been there. lol. -jenn >>Yep its TJ >>Really low - it's full - I'll check it but I think the angle caused >>the line to be empty. I'm telling you - I was in the 11:55 o'clock >>position!! >>I'll check the fluid level after work And then over to one o'clock, two, three, four, five, six: http://www.billhughes.com/temp/jenjeeproll.mpg God Bless America, Bill 0|||||||0 mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com > better than in the 12:05 position... trust me, I've been there. lol. > -jenn  SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com lol! -jenn On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:51:57 -0800, "L.W. \(Bill\) Hughes III" <billhughes@cox.net> wrote: >> And then over to one o'clock, two, three, four, five, six: >>http://www.billhughes.com/temp/jenjeeproll.mpg [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >>> better than in the 12:05 position... trust me, I've been there. lol. >>> -jenn I have been at the 11:59 position before in a hydrualic clutched Jeep and never had a problem. Not sure what happened. Next time shut the motor off or just rip the shifter back into nuetral. Carl > Hi - I like to climb snowbanks. I got the $%# scared out of me on > Saturday. I went up this steep bank, and the angle started getting [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > What happened? |
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