I thought auto boxes were designed so drivers couldn’t abuse them and to level the playing field in fleets between good and bad drivers , how you can state my clutch failures are down to driver abuse is beyond me .
The 4 trucks had 14 clutches between them in 4 1/2 years and in every case the release bearing had pulled through the cover ,no sign of fried or deteriating plate ( normal signs of driver abuse ) but heyho what do I know !!!
Stralisnumerouno:
I thought auto boxes were designed so drivers couldn’t abuse them and to level the playing field in fleets between good and bad drivers , how you can state my clutch failures are down to driver abuse is beyond me .
The 4 trucks had 14 clutches between them in 4 1/2 years and in every case the release bearing had pulled through the cover ,no sign of fried or deteriating plate ( normal signs of driver abuse ) but heyho what do I know !!!
A common cause of premature auto clutch failure is the driver holding the vehicle at a standstill on a gradient instead of applying the brakes, akin to riding the clutch on a manual. A big problem for iShift and Merc auto boxes that have progressive easy to use autobox clutches, not a problem with Iveco’s “either engaged or disengaged” jerk-o-matic effort.
I often tend to put the parking brake on if I have to pull stationery to a roundabout and then get a clutch bite to the point I can feel it pulling. Then if the gap in the traffic comes good I can just let the parking brake off an immediately start pulling away. I reckon this means I lose something off the clutch life but I tend to look at the bigger picture of efficient operating as the benchmark as I think it’s easy to try and max out all consumable component life and assume that’s most cost-effective. Bit like the argument of time saved by running on the limiter versus ££s saved by running at a lower speed.
Big Joe:
Stralisnumerouno:
I thought auto boxes were designed so drivers couldn’t abuse them and to level the playing field in fleets between good and bad drivers , how you can state my clutch failures are down to driver abuse is beyond me .
The 4 trucks had 14 clutches between them in 4 1/2 years and in every case the release bearing had pulled through the cover ,no sign of fried or deteriating plate ( normal signs of driver abuse ) but heyho what do I know !!!A common cause of premature auto clutch failure is the driver holding the vehicle at a standstill on a gradient instead of applying the brakes, akin to riding the clutch on a manual. A big problem for iShift and Merc auto boxes that have progressive easy to use autobox clutches, not a problem with Iveco’s “either engaged or disengaged” jerk-o-matic effort.
Not an issue as its easier to ride the brake pedal than the throttle. As i already said merc admit to warranty on these clutches without the grief.