Clutch smoking then cable broke

[army_man1014]

hey guys last year before I left for Afghanistan I was out driving my 03. Well I noticed the clutch pedal was acting weird when i shifted. Then i started smelling something. So I pulled over, lifted hood and seen a small about of smoke come from tranny/clutch area. So i turn around and try to get home (2 miles away). As I was going home the pedal got tighter and tighter as I shifted, and then one last shift and cable broke.

What do you guys think the problem is, Just a new cable? or do you think the clutch is fried. I was going to get a new cable but dont want to purchase that and have my car towed to shop to get it fixed and that's not the problem

FYI I wasn't having any issues at all with the clutch up til this point.

 

[army_man1014]

anyone at all!!!!!

 

[army_man1014]

So....

- you think the clutch is fried?
or
- you think the cable just snapped

Decisions, decisions....

 

[safado]

Change the cable and go from there... the clutch maybe done... nut upi won't know till you put a cable in it...

 

[army_man1014]

haha ok i will nut up... i get the cable and go from there...thxs man

 

[03snkvert]

haha ok i will nut up... i get the cable and go from there...thxs man

If the clutch was smoking, you would be best to pull it out and double check everything.

 

[MBoyle1]

And if you pull it apart to check everything you might as well just put a new one in!! How many miles on it?

 

[Shadow Grey 03]

And if you pull it apart to check everything you might as well just put a new one in!! How many miles on it?

....and if you do that, you might as well do the 26-spline upgrade too :-D

 

[army_man1014]

Haha guys I knew you were gonna say that. I want to also go 26 spline install and rxt clutch but really don't want to dump the 3 grand on the car as I'm going through a career change and losing some annual income. I was just looking for a quick fix. My car is so damn low but I'm going to try and get it in the air and check out what I can from the plate where you change the cable. I ordered an UPR a few days ago. I will let you guys k ow if it works.

I bought the car with the spec clutch and u put 30k on it. So approx 32k is on clutch mostly highway if that matters lol