EMTJEEP
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- John
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- California
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- 2018 JLUR
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I picked up my 2018 JLUR 6MT back in September 2019 used with about 36,000 miles on it. Everything has been great and glad to be back in a jeep after having an FJ for the last couple of years. I am now at 48,000 miles and i am starting to notice an issue with my RPMs revving mainly when i am in gear 3 and up. Whenever i shift from 2nd to 3rd and the RPMs drop to low 2000s and i give it gas the RPMs shoot up and then bounce around until it gets past 3000rpms and then mellows out. It also happens when i'm in 4th,5th or 6th and at cruising speed and slow down a bit enough for the RPMs to drop around again to low 2000s, and when i give it gas to pick up speed, pass someone or start going up a hill will the RPMs start to bounce around again until it gets pass the 3000 mark. My FJ and last 2 jeeps were all manuals and never had this issue. I have had a clutch go out on me before but i lost the lower gears and the clutch feedback slowly got softer until the clutch wouldn't engage anymore. None of which is currently happening with my JLUR, the "slipping" feeling only happens in the gears 3 and up and specifically around low 2000rpms.
I've read a bunch of threads on this forum about clutch issue and other manual transmission issues, but none of which really describe the same issue that i am having. I know some issues have been tracked back to the slave cylinder contaminating the assembly but i am not having any of symptoms of that issue.
Does this sound like the clutch is slipping or something else that i am not aware of with the new JL manuals? I am at the point of just replacing the clutch with a Centerforce clutch kit but wanted to see if there should be anywhere else i should look at before replacing the clutch.
I've read a bunch of threads on this forum about clutch issue and other manual transmission issues, but none of which really describe the same issue that i am having. I know some issues have been tracked back to the slave cylinder contaminating the assembly but i am not having any of symptoms of that issue.
Does this sound like the clutch is slipping or something else that i am not aware of with the new JL manuals? I am at the point of just replacing the clutch with a Centerforce clutch kit but wanted to see if there should be anywhere else i should look at before replacing the clutch.
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