Another High Gear Slipping Post
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 10:05 pm
Hello everyone,
My 15 touring has what seems to be a slipping problem in high gear, which has been there ever since I got it. The symptoms include a complete lack of power in high and a lurching motion that occurs when climbing even the slightest of hills (1% grade or less). High works alright on flat ground and just fine going down hill. Low gear works fine. I attempted to adjust the clutch fingers inwards to find they only had another 1/2 turn in them before hitting maximum. This half turn didn’t seem to help the problem much. From everything else I have read, this seems to be a textbook weak spring and/or bad clutch pack problem. My question is: is there anything else that could be causing this problem? I want to be sure before I pull the engine and start working on it.
I only have experience with one other T, and it did not have this problem ever.
Thanks
My 15 touring has what seems to be a slipping problem in high gear, which has been there ever since I got it. The symptoms include a complete lack of power in high and a lurching motion that occurs when climbing even the slightest of hills (1% grade or less). High works alright on flat ground and just fine going down hill. Low gear works fine. I attempted to adjust the clutch fingers inwards to find they only had another 1/2 turn in them before hitting maximum. This half turn didn’t seem to help the problem much. From everything else I have read, this seems to be a textbook weak spring and/or bad clutch pack problem. My question is: is there anything else that could be causing this problem? I want to be sure before I pull the engine and start working on it.
I only have experience with one other T, and it did not have this problem ever.
Thanks