[cuder]

It could be something as minor as a broken clutch return spring in the bell housing, in which case, it's just more annoying than anything else. If that's what it is, it won't hurt anything. Watch the last few minutes of this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIXhdAG3qaE

That spring is there to hold the clutch arm on the pivot arm untill the tranny has been stabbed, it isn't a return spring.
The pressure of the slave cyclinder rod keeps constant pressure on the pivot side and the throwout bearing is turning the whole time the motor is running.

 

[cuder]

You probably should go ahead and let Chrysler know that they are wrong and used the wrong terminology in the FSM. The fact is, that it is a return spring and if you have the transmission out sitting on the floor and pull the throw out arm forward, the spring will in fact pull the arm back when you release. If the slave cylinder maintained pressure on the throwout arm to keep the opposite end against the ball, it would also force the throwout bearing to constantly ride on the pressure plate, which it doesn't.

So, Do you think the clip returns the arm when the tranny is stabbed? ha. The DA's at Chrysler didn't build the tranny, they have in the past and will in the future get shit wrong, recalls.

Do you think the hydraulic pressure in the master/slave system releases when the clutch isn't pushed?

Go out to your Jeep and push the clutch pedal. I bet you feel resistance from the very top. The few inches it takes for the clutch disc to disengage is the distance it takes for the pressure plate to release the disc off of the flywheel.

 

[cuder]

Yeah, its just a constant tick tick tick tick tick. And when I press down on the clutch it dissapears. If I slightly press on the clutch to where the sound is almost surpressed and release the clutch slowly the sound stays away. From almost every angle its leading me to beleive its the spring.

It's the pilot bearing making the noise. How many miles do you have on the clutch?

 

[cuder]

DEFIANTLY not your pilot bearing. It only moves when the pedal is down.

I'm pretty sure you don't know what a pilot bearing is by reading that statement?

 

[cuder]

^^^x2

Really 40 years? And you don't know what a pilot bearing is either?

It is what supports the end of your input shaft and is located in the end of the crank shaft in the middle of the flywheel.
It spins the entire time the motor is running, maybe because it is pressed in the crank shaft.

Also have you ever put on a slave cyclinder or took one off? The bolts are long for a reason, because the rod puts pressure on the clutch fork the entire time. And the only thing to keep the clutch fork from stopping the forward motion is the fingers on the pressure plate.

OK now I'm done. TY,TYVM

 

[cuder]

They are actually studs with nuts and are around 3/4" to 1" long.

What's your thoughts on the clip/return springs purpose?
Do you think the throwout bearing turns when the clutch is engaged?

 

[cuder]

Are you quizzing me?

Yes

Whammm they are bolts. Not studs with nuts. Unless you were referring to me. I have a 2000 as well really starting to doubt where you get this stuff.

They are studs on all the Jeeps I have seen, you must have a special Jeep, post a picture of it.

As far you calling names, I'm not the one that let a dealership put a plastic throwout bearing on my Jeep.

 

[cuder]

It was probably the dealership that put bolts on yours when they screwed up the studs.

 

[cuder]

Nevermind