puma clutch as a preventative measure?

There is enough threads and info relating to Defender TDCi (2007 - 2016, puma) clutch issues and the adaptor shaft failures, its all there part numbers and all.

*Expect the clutch to take a dump from anywhere of 70K to say 120K.
*It will rattle like a faulty gearbox on idle in neutral.
*Be aware though if the springs on the driven plate full out it often jams the whole clutch up.

*NEVER use the genuine land rover / ford clutch, heavy duty or not.
*I use ClutchFix clutches.
*Have used SACH and AP in the past which seem ok.
*Replace the slave and hydraulic fittings with the upgraded ones at the same time.

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Originally Posted by POD

Mine's done 295,000km and works just fine.

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That's because its already had at least one clutch [tonguewink]

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

That noise could be like the rattle ours developed at idle, which was stretched springs. LR produced an upgraded clutch, which from memory cost about $1600 when I checked. As we tow, I went with an AP HD clutch which cost about $2600 back then. End of problem.

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Woh! not having a go at you but they must be some unreal HD clutch at that price, surely that must have been labour in that and the adaptor shaft??
I do a HD clutch (550NM, 20/30% greater pressure bluh bluh etc) and the ashcroft kit fitted for that sort of dollars. I will also even give a smile... maybe [tonguewink]

I sometimes wonder if some repair places are just taking the ****

They might have been. It was several years ago and they later went out of business.

I decided that it was better to sleep at night and got the clutch and adaptor shaft replaced - many thanks to Darren at Aztech 4x4 in Perth.

The clutch springs were ready to fall out and the adaptor shaft splines on their way to stripping... and it turns out LR hadn't replaced it under warranty after all.

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You live and learn.

Cheers, Sam