Clutch hard to release,checked it out starting to come apart just like the rest of auto shifts, replace clutch work fine now.
2005 Freightliner Columbia transmission complaints
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Clutch would not release, checked and found disc coming apart this is a standard transmission with auto shift top housing.
Clutch would not release, replace clutch.
Clutch hard to release and making noise sent to shop to have replaced, we know now what happens when this starts, next thing clucth explodes remove and replace clutch.
Clutch exploded going down the highway and locked truck in gear and fragments went thought the bell housing.also this broke the rear engine bell housing. Could have hit other autos on hghway or could have sent fragment into cab of truck and injured or killed driver.
Driver could not get truck into gear, sent wrecker to take him to shop. Shop check and found the clucth was starting to come apart,did not damage bellhousing. Remove clutch and replace
Truck would not go into gear, sent wrecker had towed to shop shop check and found clucth had exploded, fragment went tru, bell housing. Runied housing and clutch.fragments had have hit highway. Remove and replace clucth and bell housing.
Hard to get clutch to release,to get truck into gear sent to shop found clutch coming apart remove and replace clutch assy.
Driver could not get clutch to release, sent to shop they found the clutch had exploded in bell housing remove and replace clutch.
Clutch exploded going down the highway and locked truck in gear and fragments stayed in bellhousing this time,remove clutch and replaced clutch assy.
Clucth making alot of noise.and hard to get into gear, check and found the piece in clutch disc part way stuck out of disc. Replaced clutch assy.caught this one before it came apart.
Clucth making alot of noise hard to get into gear, check, and found the piece in clucth disc part way stuck out of disc. Replace clutch assy, caught this one before disc came apart
Clutch would not release, and then made loud poping sound, then it starting working, got into our shop check out found it had blew a hole in clutch housing, parts of clutch disc, came apart.r&r clucth and flywheel,we kept old parts here.the part that came out of disc, hit highway somewhere.
Clutch explode going down the highway and locked truck in gear and fragments went thought the bell housing. Could have hit other autos on hghway or could have sent fragment into cab of truck and injured or killed driver.driver had truck locked in gear and was lucky to get truck stoped before hitting other cars
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