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240meowth
10-16-2002, 09:03 PM
well, just today, i noticed my clutch was slipping a bit, and when i'm stopped at a light if i shift into gear, the car jerks forward a lil bit...  what does all this mean?  need new clutch?  where to get cheap clutch?

also, i recently removed my clutch fan, is this why my clutch is acting up? &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/huh2.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':huh2:'>
240SxTYLE
10-16-2002, 09:41 PM
all i can tell you is dont sacrafice money on the clutch... i got a inexpensive clutch when i changed my transmission and that thing is softer than an old ladies saggy boobs... &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/lookaround.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':look:'> &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/eh.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':eh:'> &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/butbut.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':but:'> .... sorry for the graphicness but thats the only thing i could think of at the moment
LanceS13
10-16-2002, 10:41 PM
The "clutch fan" (should be fan clutch I think) has nothing to do with the transmission clutch. &nbsp;It's a fan that is engaged by a temperature triggered clutch...completely separate component.
240meowth
10-16-2002, 11:53 PM
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (LanceS13 @ Oct. 16 2002,9:41)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The "clutch fan" (should be fan clutch I think) has nothing to do with the transmission clutch. It's a fan that is engaged by a temperature triggered clutch...completely separate component.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
both fan clutch and the clutch is connected to the crank, so they've got to be working together.
LanceS13
10-17-2002, 10:15 AM
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (240meowth @ Oct. 17 2002,12:53)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (LanceS13 @ Oct. 16 2002,9:41)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The "clutch fan" (should be fan clutch I think) has nothing to do with the transmission clutch. It's a fan that is engaged by a temperature triggered clutch...completely separate component.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
both fan clutch and the clutch is connected to the crank, so they've got to be working together.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
only via the fan belt and pulley...not directly on the crank pulley.
240meowth
10-17-2002, 07:42 PM
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (LanceS13 @ Oct. 17 2002,09:15)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (240meowth @ Oct. 17 2002,12:53)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (LanceS13 @ Oct. 16 2002,9:41)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The "clutch fan" (should be fan clutch I think) has nothing to do with the transmission clutch. It's a fan that is engaged by a temperature triggered clutch...completely separate component.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
both fan clutch and the clutch is connected to the crank, so they've got to be working together.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
only via the fan belt and pulley...not directly on the crank pulley.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
perhaps you don't know, the clutch is not diretcly connected to the crank pully, it comes in contact with the flywheel, which is connected to the crank.

so here is how they are similar, neither of them are connected directly to the crank, they both connect to the crank through help of another device. &nbsp;the clutch fan is connected to the crank by a pully, and the clutch is in contact with the crank through flywheel
misnomer
10-17-2002, 08:01 PM
The clutch fan has about as much to do with the transmission clutch as your power steering pump does. Pulling your clutch fan will really only let your engine rev a bit freer
LanceS13
10-17-2002, 08:10 PM
perhaps I don't know??? <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/dozingoff.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':zzz:'>
You asked a question...I'm trying to answer it.
The fan clutch is not in the drive line, the clutch is.
Removing the fan clutch will not affect the the transmission clutch...unless by doing so you remove some gargantuan parasitic loss, releasing so much power that your clutch can't hold the power anymore (not gonna happen).
DSC
10-17-2002, 09:18 PM
To Tech Talk we go... <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':cool:'>