Which clutch to buy?

[macca]

Ebay is your friend, in car and truck parts.

Item no. 290588654168 is a 4 terrain clutch.

No doubt about it eBay is handy for car bits. That autoelecac in Bairnsdale is a great example.

[nissannewby]

How did you go with this Macca?

[macca]

Well it's been an interesting couple of days. Been pointed towards a exede HD not a Safari Tuff as they are too aggressive. Either engaged or disengaged no in between. Then found a gear box / diff specialist who owns a 4.2 GU . He is old school and fits OEM, he does not like the after market stuff saying it causes other components to fail. So he is fitting a new Nissan clutch, rear main seal etc on Monday. See how we go.

[nissannewby]

Well it's been an interesting couple of days. Been pointed towards a exede HD not a Safari Tuff as they are too aggressive. Either engaged or disengaged no in between. Then found a gear box / diff specialist who owns a 4.2 GU . He is old school and fits OEM, he does not like the after market stuff saying it causes other components to fail. So he is fitting a new Nissan clutch, rear main seal etc on Monday. See how we go.

That's interesting as that has not been my experience with the safari tuff.

It would be interesting to know his theory behind what else an aftermarket clutch causes to fail???

For your application the eom will be fine though.

[mudski]

That's interesting as that has not been my experience with the safari tuff.

It would be interesting to know his theory behind what else an aftermarket clutch causes to fail???

For your application the eom will be fine though.

Yeah I was thinking the same thing.

[macca]

Was heading to the exede, other mechanics I know have all said stay with OEM as my Ute has done over 200000klm on the original so why change? I'm a bit conservative I suppose and use genuine Nissan parts where I can, filters, bushes, bearings etc. As to what other damage, I will ask him to elaborate.

[93patrol]

i swapped from a standard clutch to the exedy and it did feel like a on off switch until I got used to it and after jumping back into my mates ute with a standard clutch the exedy craps all over the oem and my old girl has 450+km on the standard gearbox with no dramas at all

[Agronaught]

I put in the safari tuff clutch when the motor was swapped out 2 years ago and its never missed a beat. It did take a little getting used to compared to the oem clutch, but that only took a couple of days.

[Vinnie]

Extreme Outback

[macca]

The new OEM clutch is fitted, the other one was nearly down to the rivet's so was a good time to replace it and the pedal was "hard" not that I thought it was unusual.

There were no broken springs but they were loose in the plate, that causes a lot of the low rev noise / chatter in the gear box, so I'm told.

It drives completely differently, smooth, quiet, softer pedal just nicer to use.

All in all I am very happy to have done this job before anything else got damaged.

The mechanic said the original clutch had copped a beating and "I had got my moneys worth". 206000 klm through god knows what before I got my hands on it then some good trips, long and short, as well as work it has had a workout. He was very impressed with its longevity.

So tonight I am one very happy Nissan Patrol owner.