Toyota truck shuddering clutch

[Copespitter]

My Brother has a Toyota pickup (1992 I think) with the 22re 5 speed manual trans.<br />He had his clutch replaced a few months back by a friend of his. <br />He has put a few thousand miles on the truck and now he says the truck shudders bad when he takes off from first gear. He said the clutch worked fine when the it was first replaced. He acts like its shaking the whole truck apart so it must be pretty bad. <br />He said he can dump the clutch and take off fast and it won't do it. It only does this when he takes off slow.<br />He said the clutch was a new kit from Napa.<br /><br />Any ideas what the problem might be?<br />Thanks

 

[Reel Poor]

Re: Toyota truck shuddering clutch

Typically this problem is caused by pilot bearing/bushing failure. Could be the tranny is loose, Check all the bolts and make sure they're tight.

 

[bubbakat]

Re: Toyota truck shuddering clutch

Reel Poor hit it right on the nose on this and another thing to consider is if he didn't have the fly wheel resurfaced it can and will cause engagement chatter.<br />The only cure is to pull it all out and replace it all.

 

[Bondo]

Re: Toyota truck shuddering clutch

he didn't have the fly wheel resurfaced it can and will cause engagement chatter.<br />

Ayuh,.............<br /><br />You Can't put a New Clutch against a Used Flywheel,........<br />The Flywheel Absolutely, Postively HAS to be Resurfaced............<br /><br />He's Probably Chattered the New Clutch,+ Pressure Plate Into Junk by Now,........<br />He'll be better off Resurfaceing the Flywheel,+ Replacing the Clutch,+ Pressure Plate,........<br />Or,.....<br />He'll be doing it a 3rd Time............

 

[magster65]

Re: Toyota truck shuddering clutch

What Bondo said. Long long ago, in a little garage in my backyard... I thought I'd save some time and money so I didn't change the pilot bushing or reface the flywheel... it looked fine. I ended up re-doing it because of the chatter... and yeah, it took a few hundred miles before it was bad enough to do something about. The clutch and pressure plate may still be ok... fix it asap and he may get lucky.

 

[Copespitter]

Re: Toyota truck shuddering clutch

The fly wheel was resurfaced. It sounded like the guy that did the work knew what he was doing and decent parts were installed.<br /><br />So I guess the problem is the pilot bearing. <br />I will let him know.<br />Thanks guys............

 

[Reel Poor]

Re: Toyota truck shuddering clutch

Dont forget to check the bolts to see if they're tight.

 

[JasonJ]

Re: Toyota truck shuddering clutch

Another problem could have been oil contamination. If he reassembled everything with nasty greasy hands, the clutch disc could have been contaminated, which can cause chattering.

 

[LubeDude]

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This could be the proof that he scammed him and just said that he resurfaced the flywheel and charged him for it. Its surely the #1 reason for chattering. Just a thought.

 

[SS MAYFLOAT]

Re: Toyota truck shuddering clutch

If it worked great for the first few thousand miles, I would say the work was done right. Yes, it could be those things, but a broken motor mount will cause the same symptom as well.<br /><br />Dumping the clutch doing hole shots will tear up motor/tranny mounts real quick. Not saying this is the problem, but something worth looking at first before tearing it down.

 

[DJ]

Re: Toyota truck shuddering clutch

An oil leak may be an issue. THe 22 Series engines were notorious for the U shaped plug at the back of the head (under the valve cover) leaking.

 

[Stratocaster]

Re: Toyota truck shuddering clutch

Well, if you'd stop doing this...<br /><br /> http://forums.iboats.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=22;t=002044 <br /><br />...the clutch would probably work just fine.