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fatassgq wrote:Well I just yesterday got my truck back from direct clutch in albion.

Totally different truck to drive!!!!!!!!!! Clutch has nowhere near the travel that it used to before it would disengage.
Steve showed me my old clutch and it was worn down to pretty well the rivets and all the springs where heaps loose.

Going thru the gears seems a lot nicer and I could swear that it seems to have more go.....???? Could have been slipping before a bit. Seems to have knocked a few noises on the head also.

So a new clutch, flywheel machine, throw out bearing etc later and I am all set to go.

Really good fella and seemed to know their shiat without any bullshit sales crap too.

Cheers
Brian

Yup Stephen is the bloke to go to.. He knows his shiat and very good at it too. Did my gen3 clutch when the gen3's first came out and no one had a proper clutch system for it as in 99/00 ish their clutches were the worst out of the factory and there was no aftermaket replacement. Stephen didnt hesitate to make me one on the spot for a very very good price!!!!

Top fella!

Well, at least someone is having some good fortune. The Daiken "Safari Tuff" one we installed a few weeks ago isn't handling the job too well. Is heaps better than the previous one, but still not great.

What seems to be the problem with this clutch? What are you noticing?

What seems to be the problem with this clutch? What are you noticing?

Clutch was fine for the first few weeks until last Sunday. Another truck was dead at the top of a hill-climb with a broken cam shaft (so his PTO winch was no good to get himself out) and we had to go the long way round to retrieve him. Had a 40m winch thru a bog (more like a pond really) to get in front of him. Had water about half way up the doors and a fair bit of mud/water found its way into the bellhousing. Started to slip from that point. Spent 30mins with the hose flushing it out which has lessened the slipping somewhat, but you can still smell the clutch when you light the tyres up.

We're talking to BNT (supplier) about the warranty. If the come thru, then all good. If not, then custom jobbie.

GQ TROL wrote:

What seems to be the problem with this clutch? What are you noticing?

Clutch was fine for the first few weeks until last Sunday. Another truck was dead at the top of a hill-climb with a broken cam shaft (so his PTO winch was no good to get himself out) and we had to go the long way round to retrieve him. Had a 40m winch thru a bog (more like a pond really) to get in front of him. Had water about half way up the doors and a fair bit of mud/water found its way into the bellhousing. Started to slip from that point. Spent 30mins with the hose flushing it out which has lessened the slipping somewhat, but you can still smell the clutch when you light the tyres up.

We're talking to BNT (supplier) about the warranty. If the come thru, then all good. If not, then custom jobbie.

Mud in bellhousing???

TOM

Mud in bellhousing???

Thru the little square hole/notch in the bottom edge I'm guessing. I think its usually there to let water/gunk out? Either that, or the rubber boot came off the clutch lever and let some in. Although, I think we would have noticed that when flushing it out?

Actually I can still notice a slight clutch smell now that I have had mine replaced.
Is this normal and will it go away. Ie new clutch material bedding in?

Before the replacement it stunk like hell even at idle and then when you turned the truck off!!

I just noticed the smell this morning it has only been driven on the road and only about 80km or so since replacing???

cheers
Brian

I did the same to my custom clutch in my bundera a few years back even with driving it into one of the dams at crusier park deeper than the pig pen and did it straight away....the clutch is never the same however it will keep on going until you get sick of it - yeah I have bought a direct clutch from steve for the 22R....would you believe it actually could pick up the front wheels a good foot or two and I mean BOTH...until the flywheel bolts all snapped clean of with the end of the crank....hmmm the motor revs good with no flywheel...new bolts and it was back to circles (cig locker) with the Direct Clutch....yeah I just wanted a change but will price him today.

Dirty D

I fitted a Safari Tuff clutch to a supercharged gq,it came with NO WARRENTY as supplied.
You cannot blame the clutch for the foreign debris ingress.Nissan Pathfinder's and Patrol's both come with a sealed bell housing.
The Terranos come with a sticker, on the bell housing,. advising resealing the bellhousing after removal,in Japanese.
J Top

You cannot blame the clutch for the foreign debris ingress.Nissan Pathfinder's and Patrol's both come with a sealed bell housing.

I still would have thought that it would come right once it was all cleaned out, but we're happy with BNT's attempt at trying to help us out. We'll see what happens. For NZ$600 for the "Safari Tuff" one, it was worth a punt anyway. Would be looking at $1200-1500 for a trick custom one.

Cheers
Mitch

Is it not possible to drill and tap a thread into the bottom of the bellhousing to flush out crap and debris for those who dont have a drainage plug? does the td42 gearbox have a bellhousing drainage plug??

TOM

TD42 does have a drainage plug at very bottom. A square rubber bung.
Crap gets in around the fork boot in 2 places. Where the fork goes thru boot and where boot meets bellhousing.

After flushing out if youve ben unlucky to get mud in there you must relubricate splines or they will stick. I use motor cycle chain lube in a spray can. Works a bit when squirted in thru boot hole.

Bazzle

After flushing out if youve ben unlucky to get mud in there you must relubricate splines or they will stick. I use motor cycle chain lube in a spray can. Works a bit when squirted in thru boot hole

Thanks for that Bazzle, you're a legend! Wasn't looking forward to removing that gearbox again.....its too fricken heavy and awkward to deal with.

Cheers
Mitch