Rodeo 4wd clutch

Yes,

John was talking on ICQ the other night, he has done 3-4 in 60,000klms...

he will post no doubt...

JQ is termed "abuse" by GMH dealer have had a few replacements and just 5 year old ute. Think you may be lucky with the $1600 too. I think I can get all the records for the replacments here but goes back about 3-4 years. The dealer reckoned it was not a warranty issue and didn't even look like budging on it.

I won't have another one believe me!!!!! In SW Victoria JQ Regards

JohnR - Not enough of the right travelling, some here..... some over there.......

jq, do you do alot of beach work at all?

this is the 3rd time i have tried to write this as i type my response and post I get prompted to log in again..... You press back and all what u type is gone. Here is a quick sumary.
Presureplate failed at 58k, changed under warranty. If it wsa found that there was abuse etc it would of cost $1600.
30k later clutch only disengaed with last part of clutch pedal. holden replaced output shaft housing bearing carrier and trust bearing. prob could of got away with cleaning and lubing as bearing carrir was binding on output shaft housing.

Leroy

saw this a few times on previous model rodeos at dealers, seemed like the pressure plate kept loosing tension on the fingers, one ute was a fencing contractors rig which carried a toolbox weighing about 400 kg all up, after 2 years he had had the rear leafs reset 2 times with new bushes etc, had 2 standard clutches as well. used to end up with loss of travel in the clutch pedal . i never got to work on it , i was too busy fixing clutches on gen3 ss's !!

Squeese the dealer about it, if you have to fork out your own money, get an aftermarket quality unit from an expert like adelaide clutch services.Moo... everyone knows what a Jackaroo looks like :-)

Have a turbo diesel Rodeo ,done 86000klms ,about 30000 klms pulling a 16 ft caravan , clutch is still as good as the day I bought it. No beach work .

Hi All, thanks for your responses. The good news from Holden today is that they will cover the repairs under warranty.
Thank goodness I was prepared to take the matter further & not take the initial prognosis from the dealer as "gospel".

John

Yeah, we had a similiar problem when using these vehicles for field service units in the earth moving industry. Good buggy, except for the clutch on the earlier models. We simply waited 'till the warranty period was over, told the dealer to get stuffed, bought the boys in the workshop a slab, and changed the clutch ourselves. However, we machined 1mm of the step in the flywheel, putting the springs under a little more tension. No more slip problems. Helps if you drive them a bit like a RoadRanger box too, ie double clutch.
Mine's been in sand, mud, winched by a Hilux, and still the clutch is OK, after 95000km