There are a number of reasons you could be experiencing sloppy clutch action in your Jeep CJ-5 or CJ-7. A few thousand miles and a few thousand clutch engagements (especially involving slipping ...

When the CJ frame and body get twisted up off-road, the poorly designed clutch linkage can come apart. The clutch rods can pull out of the Z-shaped bellcrank and/or the clutch fork.