Noise in Transmission after clutch replacement

Submitted: Friday, Jun 17, 2005 at 12:42
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Good day all

I was hoping I can pick some brains with respect to a noise that has developed in the old girl since the clutch was done a few weeks ago.

The old girl is a '97 80 Series Landcruiser 1HD-FT with a H151 gearbox with about 250 000 k's on the clock now.

I had a Daiken clutch fitted a few weeks ago, the vehicle was quiet with no noise in the transmission area when it went in. As the car is new and I gave it a good going over when I bought it, I have been aware of most of the noises so far. I changed the clutch because the car had 238 000 k's on and it had started to smell a bit on a trip in soft sand. Good thing too as the clutch was nearing the end with many hot-spots on the pressure plate.

A Daiken clutch was put in. I was assured that it was the same as the genuine Toyota clutch (which is also supposed to be a Daiken). All was good for a week, then a squeak developed when the car was idling with the clutch out.

I took it back and they sprayed a bit of lube in to quieten it down. (I think the libe job should have been done with the box out - but anyway). This sorted it out for another week, then the squek returned.

When I got the car back the second time I questioned the mechanic about it being noisier than when I took it in. He claimed it to be the fact that I had gotten used to the squeak. (I told him again that it was noisier than before - he said that they had done nothing but the clutch. - What can I say)

The squeak has now developed into a rumble and has proven that I was not wrong to question the noise in the first place.

Has anybody experienced this as I have read some posts in the past advising to only use Genuine clutches on these models and that some pirate part clutch kits are noisy.

Is it the clutch or has the input shaft bearing been damaged (or just given up now). I find it hard to believe that the car can go in good and come out like this.

Any input would be appreciated.

Cheers

80Cruiser

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