Clutch shudder after real main seal replacement
Submitted: Tuesday, Jun 05, 2007 at 16:28
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I posted about a week ago regarding Nissan being cagey in replacing a leaking rear main seal.
Well it turned out I had no problems and they replaced it. However I now have a shudder when moving off in first gear. Now, this shudder may have been there before but was almost un-noticable but now it is just damn unpleasant.
It seems to be getting steadily worse almost by the hours driving round town so I took it back and had a mechanic
test drive it. It was actually the chap who did the work on the rear main who confirmed clutch shudder and suggested I needed a new clutch.
Apparently shudder is caused by hot spots or high spots on the clutch plate and is not covered by warranty and could not possibly have been caused by the work recently undetaken. Quote to replace $1600. I am not silly enough to pay that but I have done a
site search and it appears that most vehicles that develop a clutch shudder while still under warranty have had them fixed under warranty. Is this the case or is the clutch a "consumable" part?
Should never have let the buggers at it!
2004 GU Cab chasiss 68,000 klms 4.2td
3 weeks left on factory warranty
Cheers
Jim