Hey everyone. I'm brand new to the forum, and excited to be here. Just as a side note, practically everything I know about jeeps, I learned here!
I learned to drive on my baby here, the 1998 Jeep Wrangler TJ full stock with the classic amc 242 stock and the 5 speed manual AX-15 from the factory.
For the past year or so, I've noticed her slipping down the driveway a little bit when parked. My dad is the primary driver of this guy, and he parks in first gear, E-brake off. No matter what I say to him, I can't get him to use the E-brake. No idea why.
Lately the problem has gotten really, really bad. Today I came outside after about half an hour and found my car about 4 feet down the driveway and a couple inches away from my brand new Rubicon. This is worrying the crap out of me, and I think it might be a problem with the clutch. When I hop in the car without touching a single pedal, the steering wheel, or the stick, it lurches backwards a few inches at a time, and when I gently push on the front of the car, it slides away. I want to do the repair myself because I love this kind of thing, but I wanted to consult those wiser than me before dropping $350 on a clutch assembly from Quadratek and getting ahold of all the tools, and spending 6 hours doing a repair that doesn't actually help anything.
What do you think???
I learned to drive on my baby here, the 1998 Jeep Wrangler TJ full stock with the classic amc 242 stock and the 5 speed manual AX-15 from the factory.
For the past year or so, I've noticed her slipping down the driveway a little bit when parked. My dad is the primary driver of this guy, and he parks in first gear, E-brake off. No matter what I say to him, I can't get him to use the E-brake. No idea why.
Lately the problem has gotten really, really bad. Today I came outside after about half an hour and found my car about 4 feet down the driveway and a couple inches away from my brand new Rubicon. This is worrying the crap out of me, and I think it might be a problem with the clutch. When I hop in the car without touching a single pedal, the steering wheel, or the stick, it lurches backwards a few inches at a time, and when I gently push on the front of the car, it slides away. I want to do the repair myself because I love this kind of thing, but I wanted to consult those wiser than me before dropping $350 on a clutch assembly from Quadratek and getting ahold of all the tools, and spending 6 hours doing a repair that doesn't actually help anything.
What do you think???