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Originally Posted by t walgamuth
Yeah the throw out bearing siezes and then spins against the fingers of the pressure plate. The fingers are about 1/8" thick and if a bit on the old side could be half worn away. Presto you are swiftly worn through one or more finger and then you will not be able to disengage the clutch at all.
So your time is pretty limited.
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That reminds me....
Since this was about 40 years ago that I went through this I had forgotten about the solid connection from a 'melted' pressure plate. Towards the end I was shifting by changing the RPM's since I did not have a clutch to use. (Shifting without using the clutch was an old truck driver trick. If done right you don't need the clutch to shift and you extend the life of the throwout bearing and pressure plate. These items were not that expensive, but the down time on your truck sure was.)
And I had to have it towed to the shop, something I have done only twice over the last fifty years.