Today I was trying to get my buddies 95 Sierra out of the mud with my 4.9 300ci 5spd (2wd). And we were all hooked up and I slowly released the clutch while I was slowly revving up for a nice easy pull but as I was on the gas my wheels weren't spinning? And then something starting smoking and it wasnt my engine.. What happened?

 

Clutch?

 

It's driving fine now .. Friend said it might've been my gears slipping?

 

X2 on the clutch. Gears don`t slip ,they grind and jump. Your truck will drive fine with no load,but pull any thing out hard like that and I bet it slips again.

 

That clutch is nice and toasted now. It'll probably start slipping and need to be replaced within 6 months depending on how rough you are on it.

 

Thanks guys I hope it's not a clutch repair but that'll teach me, I stopped as soon as I smelt it. Thought they were pulling trucks? :p

 

You can pull with these trucks when you got a good clutch. Yours is just old. They don`t last forever. A average Joe can do a clutch job.

 

I actually had the chance to change the clutch when I replaced my slave. But I never did, thought I could've kept it on there forever. Damn. Oh well, we'll see how she runs tomo. Thanks guys