Well thanks for the compliments!
Finally got some time to dig into the rig after a tour of Iceland/Denmark.
Not sure if it received a lot of attention on Expo; but I did start a "HELP" thread while I was in Moab about 6 weeks ago. Basically, I had total clutch failure whilst in the middle of the Poison Spider/Golden Crack trail. Not fun. Ended up limping off trail in 1st LOW - pardon my language, but it was faking epic. Whereas most of the time you pull up to an obstacle, shut the truck down and choose a line... I didn't have that luxury. Once I was rolling, couldn't stop without shutting the truck off. Of course, maybe that's why Mr. Toyota put the "Clutch Start Cancel" button in the dash. I know I always doubted it's purpose before this incident.
Winch and the "Clutch Start Cancel" totally saved my truck. Oh, it's a Harbor Freight, too!
Managed to crumple my rear driveshaft somewhere in between having the clutch crap out and the end of the trail. At that point it was just an added bonus.
Pulled the rear driveshaft, and used the syncros to shift in FWD the thousand mile drive back to Bellingham - it was an adventure, but doable in a pinch.
Here's what I found today - I'll throw some Moab pictures in as well.
Essentially, a clutch spring broke - lodged itself in between the pressure plate and the pads. Makes complete sense, as I had no clutch. Very, very, very fortunate that those pieces didn't find themselves on the flywheel, or in the starter tooth area. Would've sucked.
Going to pull the flywheel in a bit. I'll send it off to get re-surfaced.
Not too sure on replacement clutch yet; contemplating URD. Stock AISIN lasted for 156K miles - all in all, not too bad.
Played in one of these in Iceland...
