100 Series clutch shudder problem fixed ??

Obone,, sounds like a good reason to buy a Patrol.. my wifes GU Patrol has 315,000 ks on the clock and has done some heavy climbing over the 5 years and still the original clutch. ooohhhh soooo gooood.. michael.

OUCH !!!!!!!!!!

just joking.. both Nissan and Toyota have their problems... more the pity.. michael

Then there's the school of thought that Toyota (aka nissan recovery units) clutches are overworked from pulling Nissans out of bogs LOL

I remember reading in a Aussie mag way back that its a pressure plate problem and the springs are the problem.Maybe try the toyota site and see if and answers come out of there also this may you on the track htttp://autospeed.com/cms/A_0180/printArticle.html

Obone
its not unheard of for the 1hz (i presume here) to shudder when cold. There is a hard spot on the flywheel that causes this 99% of the time....suggest to them that a new flywheel might stop you coming back again....and the time that it has been in the workshop over the warrenty period, should be added onto the warrenty period.
Andrew

I was told that the fly wheel was replaced on both previous occasions

G'day Obone,
My 1Hz has the same problem, now out of warranty, came back 4 months after Mt Toyota last had it, its not to bad and goes away after a few mins. A friend had the same problem and his shudder came back after 5K Kms. I think you are just going to have to live with it.
Mine is not too bad, is yours unbearable?

Hi Obone,

Shudder is a known problem in all Toyota's with the 4.2 diesels I've got a 79 series and have also got a this problem I believe Toyota have tried several fixes over the years with no real success. I have even heard that Toyota have been working with Daiken to try and find a fix using non genuine parts.

I've come to the conclusion that this problem is caused by the sum of all its parts, not just one, so unfortunately if if you have a shudder it may be with you of the life of the vehicle.

Mine is not to bad and you can drive around it if you know what I mean, but it is annoying. It can change depending on the amount of air in the tyres and the more you abuse the clutch the better it is, also there's not trace of it at all in low range.

Good luck
Jeff