"William Oliveri" <wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote in message
news:2hp3pjFfcktrU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Part of my engine installation was to install a brand new clutch. The
> clutch pressure plate was balanced with the flywheel at the machine shop.
>
> When I got my jeep from the R&R guy, for the first 10 - 20 miles or so,
when
> I came to a stop and pressed on the clutch I felt the jeep continue to
move
> forward after I stopped to where I had to put on the brakes to hold it.
At
> first I thought I was on an incline but later I made sure I wasn't and
sure
> enough, it was moving forward. Now the forward motion is gone but this
was
> something I hadn't experienced before. Is this normal? Will a brand new
> clutch do such things?

As other posters have said, not normal, probably a bleeding problem,
or perhaps some binding in the pilot bearing. But the answer to your
question,
Yes there is a break in period for a new clutch. For the first few hundred
miles
you should take it very easy on the gas pedal so everything seats in and you
do
not glaze the disk.

Jeff '91 YJ, '00 XJ

 

"William Oliveri" <wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote in message
news:2hp3pjFfcktrU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Part of my engine installation was to install a brand new clutch. The
> clutch pressure plate was balanced with the flywheel at the machine shop.
>
> When I got my jeep from the R&R guy, for the first 10 - 20 miles or so,
when
> I came to a stop and pressed on the clutch I felt the jeep continue to
move
> forward after I stopped to where I had to put on the brakes to hold it.
At
> first I thought I was on an incline but later I made sure I wasn't and
sure
> enough, it was moving forward. Now the forward motion is gone but this
was
> something I hadn't experienced before. Is this normal? Will a brand new
> clutch do such things?

As other posters have said, not normal, probably a bleeding problem,
or perhaps some binding in the pilot bearing. But the answer to your
question,
Yes there is a break in period for a new clutch. For the first few hundred
miles
you should take it very easy on the gas pedal so everything seats in and you
do
not glaze the disk.

Jeff '91 YJ, '00 XJ

 

"William Oliveri" <wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote in message
news:2hp3pjFfcktrU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Part of my engine installation was to install a brand new clutch. The
> clutch pressure plate was balanced with the flywheel at the machine shop.
>
> When I got my jeep from the R&R guy, for the first 10 - 20 miles or so,
when
> I came to a stop and pressed on the clutch I felt the jeep continue to
move
> forward after I stopped to where I had to put on the brakes to hold it.
At
> first I thought I was on an incline but later I made sure I wasn't and
sure
> enough, it was moving forward. Now the forward motion is gone but this
was
> something I hadn't experienced before. Is this normal? Will a brand new
> clutch do such things?

As other posters have said, not normal, probably a bleeding problem,
or perhaps some binding in the pilot bearing. But the answer to your
question,
Yes there is a break in period for a new clutch. For the first few hundred
miles
you should take it very easy on the gas pedal so everything seats in and you
do
not glaze the disk.

Jeff '91 YJ, '00 XJ

 

Sounds like the clutch likage needs adjusting.
or bleed the air out of the clutch slave .

john


"William Oliveri" <wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote in message
news:2hp3pjFfcktrU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Part of my engine installation was to install a brand new clutch. The
> clutch pressure plate was balanced with the flywheel at the machine shop.
>
> When I got my jeep from the R&R guy, for the first 10 - 20 miles or so,
when
> I came to a stop and pressed on the clutch I felt the jeep continue to
move
> forward after I stopped to where I had to put on the brakes to hold it.
At
> first I thought I was on an incline but later I made sure I wasn't and
sure
> enough, it was moving forward. Now the forward motion is gone but this
was
> something I hadn't experienced before. Is this normal? Will a brand new
> clutch do such things?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
>

 

Sounds like the clutch likage needs adjusting.
or bleed the air out of the clutch slave .

john


"William Oliveri" <wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote in message
news:2hp3pjFfcktrU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Part of my engine installation was to install a brand new clutch. The
> clutch pressure plate was balanced with the flywheel at the machine shop.
>
> When I got my jeep from the R&R guy, for the first 10 - 20 miles or so,
when
> I came to a stop and pressed on the clutch I felt the jeep continue to
move
> forward after I stopped to where I had to put on the brakes to hold it.
At
> first I thought I was on an incline but later I made sure I wasn't and
sure
> enough, it was moving forward. Now the forward motion is gone but this
was
> something I hadn't experienced before. Is this normal? Will a brand new
> clutch do such things?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
>

 

Sounds like the clutch likage needs adjusting.
or bleed the air out of the clutch slave .

john


"William Oliveri" <wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote in message
news:2hp3pjFfcktrU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Part of my engine installation was to install a brand new clutch. The
> clutch pressure plate was balanced with the flywheel at the machine shop.
>
> When I got my jeep from the R&R guy, for the first 10 - 20 miles or so,
when
> I came to a stop and pressed on the clutch I felt the jeep continue to
move
> forward after I stopped to where I had to put on the brakes to hold it.
At
> first I thought I was on an incline but later I made sure I wasn't and
sure
> enough, it was moving forward. Now the forward motion is gone but this
was
> something I hadn't experienced before. Is this normal? Will a brand new
> clutch do such things?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
>

 

Sounds like the clutch likage needs adjusting.
or bleed the air out of the clutch slave .

john


"William Oliveri" <wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote in message
news:2hp3pjFfcktrU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Part of my engine installation was to install a brand new clutch. The
> clutch pressure plate was balanced with the flywheel at the machine shop.
>
> When I got my jeep from the R&R guy, for the first 10 - 20 miles or so,
when
> I came to a stop and pressed on the clutch I felt the jeep continue to
move
> forward after I stopped to where I had to put on the brakes to hold it.
At
> first I thought I was on an incline but later I made sure I wasn't and
sure
> enough, it was moving forward. Now the forward motion is gone but this
was
> something I hadn't experienced before. Is this normal? Will a brand new
> clutch do such things?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
>