Post by farmerjohn on Aug 7, 2009 23:39:17 GMT 6
ALL PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD D40 CLUTCH PROBLEMS PLEASE READ THIS.
I have a early navara D40 and the clutch has started slipping this week, its 55 plate so just out of warranty. (i’m going to post this up on all related blogs because of what comes below)
After my clutch went at 57K on my D40 i did some reading up on this and it is a common problem. basically a dual mass flywheel is no good for certain types of vehicles, especially for me as i do a lot of towing(and for a lot of other people by sound of hings),
Nissan do a conversion kit that costs neck end of £1000 supply only for a solid state flywheel and clutch to match (which sould solve the slipping clutch issue) or £1400 to supply and fit.
i have a company i have used before for uprated clutches and they are saying that if i can get them a dual mass flywheel they can make a kit and sell it as a conversion for a new solid state flywheel and clutch for about £600.00 and the clutch is 30% uprated. I know it is not the point but if your like me and this works it can save a lot of money, my local Nissan mechanic strongly hinted that a solid state clutch is always better and i mentioned about a 3rd party kit and he said he could not fit it but said they are not a big job if you know your way around engines. (They already do a conversion kit for the ford transit and they have literally sold hundreds apparently.)
SO.... believe it or not i need a knackered dual mass flywheel as my problem is the clutch has only just started to slip so i can still drive my navara and i need it for work. To make the new flywheel for first time will take 3 weeks. I dont want her in bits and totally out of use for that long, so if anyone has a old dual mass flywheel please let me know.... there must be someone out there.
The company will make a kit and start stocking them off the shelf so it should benefit a lot of people in the future.
if we can get one sorted i'll post up the details of the company once i know it works.
And i am willing to pay for the old dual mass flywheel.
if you have just had one replaced ask you machanic if you can keep it!!!
regards, John (william_case@hotmail.com)
I have a early navara D40 and the clutch has started slipping this week, its 55 plate so just out of warranty. (i’m going to post this up on all related blogs because of what comes below)
After my clutch went at 57K on my D40 i did some reading up on this and it is a common problem. basically a dual mass flywheel is no good for certain types of vehicles, especially for me as i do a lot of towing(and for a lot of other people by sound of hings),
Nissan do a conversion kit that costs neck end of £1000 supply only for a solid state flywheel and clutch to match (which sould solve the slipping clutch issue) or £1400 to supply and fit.
i have a company i have used before for uprated clutches and they are saying that if i can get them a dual mass flywheel they can make a kit and sell it as a conversion for a new solid state flywheel and clutch for about £600.00 and the clutch is 30% uprated. I know it is not the point but if your like me and this works it can save a lot of money, my local Nissan mechanic strongly hinted that a solid state clutch is always better and i mentioned about a 3rd party kit and he said he could not fit it but said they are not a big job if you know your way around engines. (They already do a conversion kit for the ford transit and they have literally sold hundreds apparently.)
SO.... believe it or not i need a knackered dual mass flywheel as my problem is the clutch has only just started to slip so i can still drive my navara and i need it for work. To make the new flywheel for first time will take 3 weeks. I dont want her in bits and totally out of use for that long, so if anyone has a old dual mass flywheel please let me know.... there must be someone out there.
The company will make a kit and start stocking them off the shelf so it should benefit a lot of people in the future.
if we can get one sorted i'll post up the details of the company once i know it works.
And i am willing to pay for the old dual mass flywheel.
if you have just had one replaced ask you machanic if you can keep it!!!
regards, John (william_case@hotmail.com)