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Need advise on slipping clutch

To: "Datsun Roadster" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Subject: Need advise on slipping clutch
From: "Ken Pletcher" <pletch@home.com>
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 22:18:55 -0700
Tonight I took a buddy of mine out for ride in DATSTER, this one stretch of
road was very rough.
>From a stand still and engine RPM about 3500 I dropped the clutch thinking
there was going to be a lot of wheel spin and smoke-nope! The engine RPM did
go up to 6000 and the car was moving so I shifted to 2nd and noticed the rpm
went up to 6000 again really quick. At that time I noticed there was no tire
noise and it didnt have that loose feeling,the clutch must have been
slipping. I did try normal started and hard accel. going through the gear
and it didn't slip again. I do plan on going out tomorrow and rechecking my
wheel pattern on a normal road to see what happens.

My  questions are:
Was my rpm too high to have my clutch catch up? I have been able to do this
before with no problem.
Could the road have been to rough of a surface and make the clutch slip?
Could the pressure plate/clutch disc been heated up to much and not recover
(short term)?
Big question-If I need to replace my clutch,since this is the 1st time I
noticed clutch slippage does anybody know how much longer I have?
Shasta is about 1 month away.
     Ken
DATSTER


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