bmxking5
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Well, at one trail I've been checking out lately, there is a water crossing that varies in height. At one point it was tall enough to almost swallow a Toyota truck (only about 1 foot maybe was sticking out of the water!) and most of the other times, the creek is about the height of my sliders, so maybe a foot and a half deep or so.
I have just recently put a new clutch, throw out bearing, and related parts down in that area. Shortly after doing this creek crossing, I would try to accelerate and the RPM's would shoot up but the truck wouldn't move for a second or two. Almost like an old A4LD that is slipping really bad before it dies. So anyways, we pulled the trans, and the guy helping us put in the new clutch (a mechanic) was showing me the "hot spots" on the flywheel, and told me that it's caused by water hitting it after it's been really hot (I had been driving it for like 3-4 hours). Luckily, we were able to have the flywheel turned and all is well again. I also noticed (when we pulled the trans) that there are "slots" in the side of the bellhousing, which is where water could come in. So I came to the assumption that it was most likely from the creek crossing on that trail we were on. Now on to the question...
I would like to go back to that trail, since it's been a little while since we've put in the new clutch. Will this happen to the flywheel again? It's not worth it to me to cross the creek, just to have to pull the trans again and turn the flywheel. The rating of the trails is probably right at my level (2" lift and 31s), but there are more trails past the creek that I've seen pics of and they are a bit more challenging. Is there any way to still cross the creek and not have this problem? Keep in mind, the truck has been stuck in two holes before where the water was up to about the sliders. So do you think that this past creek crossing was just the final thing that caused it to mess up, or was it just this one time that did all of the damage? I've seen pics of dasfrem, etc do some pretty dang deep creek crossings with his 5 speed, and I haven't heard of any of those bad effects before. Ok, enough of my typing...anybody have any help for me?
Well, at one trail I've been checking out lately, there is a water crossing that varies in height. At one point it was tall enough to almost swallow a Toyota truck (only about 1 foot maybe was sticking out of the water!) and most of the other times, the creek is about the height of my sliders, so maybe a foot and a half deep or so.
I have just recently put a new clutch, throw out bearing, and related parts down in that area. Shortly after doing this creek crossing, I would try to accelerate and the RPM's would shoot up but the truck wouldn't move for a second or two. Almost like an old A4LD that is slipping really bad before it dies. So anyways, we pulled the trans, and the guy helping us put in the new clutch (a mechanic) was showing me the "hot spots" on the flywheel, and told me that it's caused by water hitting it after it's been really hot (I had been driving it for like 3-4 hours). Luckily, we were able to have the flywheel turned and all is well again. I also noticed (when we pulled the trans) that there are "slots" in the side of the bellhousing, which is where water could come in. So I came to the assumption that it was most likely from the creek crossing on that trail we were on. Now on to the question...
I would like to go back to that trail, since it's been a little while since we've put in the new clutch. Will this happen to the flywheel again? It's not worth it to me to cross the creek, just to have to pull the trans again and turn the flywheel. The rating of the trails is probably right at my level (2" lift and 31s), but there are more trails past the creek that I've seen pics of and they are a bit more challenging. Is there any way to still cross the creek and not have this problem? Keep in mind, the truck has been stuck in two holes before where the water was up to about the sliders. So do you think that this past creek crossing was just the final thing that caused it to mess up, or was it just this one time that did all of the damage? I've seen pics of dasfrem, etc do some pretty dang deep creek crossings with his 5 speed, and I haven't heard of any of those bad effects before. Ok, enough of my typing...anybody have any help for me?