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2004 6.6 3500 Clutch Replacement

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Father in law sold his 35,000 mile 04 Duramax 4x4 chassis cab and a month later the new owner called me to let me know the clutch went out. Bummer is the guy is a 1000 miles away. Not like I can ask the guy to come to my shop and help him out that way. Not feeling its fair I simply let him take it to a shop and expect to cover the whole bill either. Its a used truck that he got for a fair price. Shit happens.

 

Owe him something I figure. Willing to pay for parts.

 

I see Luk clutches are reasonable for this rig. Many others are not. Just looking for OEM. Anybody here have an experiences to share?

Morgan1986 Senior Enthusiast

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Father in law sold his 35,000 mile 04 Duramax 4x4 chassis cab and a month later the new owner called me to let me know the clutch went out. Bummer is the guy is a 1000 miles away. Not like I can ask the guy to come to my shop and help him out that way. Not feeling its fair I simply let him take it to a shop and expect to cover the whole bill either. Its a used truck that he got for a fair price. Shit happens.

 

Owe him something I figure. Willing to pay for parts.

 

I see Luk clutches are reasonable for this rig. Many others are not. Just looking for OEM. Anybody here have an experiences to share?

 

So why did he contact you it was your fathers in law truck and how was the clutch before you sold it to him . 35000 miles on a clutch is not much for it to pack it in ? So ethier you guys where rough on it or he was rough on it. So if it was in good shape only 35000 miles on it why bother paying for anything?
r1byker Enthusiast

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Yeah, I don't see how you need to pay anything. He's had it for a month; who knows how he drove it. He could have easily burned it up by improper clutch technique.

j-ten-ner Senior Enthusiast

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IMO is a clutch a part of a car what is a subject to wear out at some point like the brakes do.

Ok, 35.000 miles aren't many. But you're talking about a truck and not a passenger car where a clutch should last 60.000 miles.

No one can look into it unless you take it apart.

Btw neither do I understand the connection between the new owner, your father in law and you.

 

so long

j-ten-ner

Morgan1986 Senior Enthusiast

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IMO is a clutch a part of a car what is a subject to wear out at some point like the brakes do.

Ok, 35.000 miles aren't many. But you're talking about a truck and not a passenger car where a clutch should last 60.000 miles.

No one can look into it unless you take it apart.

Btw neither do I understand the connection between the new owner, your father in law and you.

 

so long

j-ten-ner

 

On my dads old 91 ford f250 its only been replaced once this last year. That thing has alot of miles on it and it was not even the clutch that went on some kind of hydralic accuator . On his 2000 F350 duely the clutch was replaced once and that thing has almost 500,000 kms on it . So even at 60,000 miles is kinda fast to replace a clutch in my mind. I do believe tho my clutch is built alot lighter than it should be in my 05 silverado only time will tell tho. A clutch should last a long time if you drive smooth . Same with brakes they should last along time if you drive smooth and gear down when apporite.
j-ten-ner Senior Enthusiast

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I did not say that a clutch can't last more than 60.000 miles. It is only an average #.

 

It always depends on the driving conditions.

60.000mls on the highway are different than in the city. Towing, not towing.

 

And you're right...the clutch will last way longer when you know how to use it.

 

so long

j-ten-ner

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Zrxpilot

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Thanks for all the replys.

 

j-ten-ner - Btw neither do I understand the connection between the new owner, your father in law and you.

 

The connection here is my father in law and I work the farm together and we sold our old truck thru a private sale. He has his things to take care of and I have mine. Selling the old truck and finding a new one was my given task. Pops is now driving an identical 2011 to what he had before. At 73 he didnt care for the manual transmission anymore. Cant say I miss it either. The new truck is quite a bit nicer to drive even tho a tad more stiff.

 

Anyways,

 

Old truck was sweet and we were not aware of any issues. Bought new and relatively pampered. Truck was worked as-in used exclusively for towing a cattle trailer. Everything scaled out safely.

 

 

The big question was if a 300.00 Luk clutch was a good as the OEM. I see on ebay clutch pricing is anywhere from 300.00 to over 1500.00 for the parts alone. Would like to just buy the clutch parts and have them delivered to his door and be done with it. Dont want to give the guy junk but want to give him at least what he would have had if he went to the factory dealer.

 

Thanks again..

 

Pilot

Morgan1986 Senior Enthusiast

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Thanks for all the replys.

 

j-ten-ner - Btw neither do I understand the connection between the new owner, your father in law and you.

 

The connection here is my father in law and I work the farm together and we sold our old truck thru a private sale. He has his things to take care of and I have mine. Selling the old truck and finding a new one was my given task. Pops is now driving an identical 2011 to what he had before. At 73 he didnt care for the manual transmission anymore. Cant say I miss it either. The new truck is quite a bit nicer to drive even tho a tad more stiff.

 

Anyways,

 

Old truck was sweet and we were not aware of any issues. Bought new and relatively pampered. Truck was worked as-in used exclusively for towing a cattle trailer. Everything scaled out safely.

 

 

The big question was if a 300.00 Luk clutch was a good as the OEM. I see on ebay clutch pricing is anywhere from 300.00 to over 1500.00 for the parts alone. Would like to just buy the clutch parts and have them delivered to his door and be done with it. Dont want to give the guy junk but want to give him at least what he would have had if he went to the factory dealer.

 

Thanks again..

 

Pilot

 

What is your reasoning of buying the parts for the buyer ? I have no idea on the part btw .
Zrxpilot Enthusiast

Zrxpilot

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^ Just seems like the right thing to do. Sold the guy the truck with an understanding by all that it was a good truck (and despite this...it still is). Buyer has it for a relatively short amount of time and the clutch goes out. This isnt a mustang or a camaro. Its a one ton dually that the new owner paid good money for. Clutch shouldnt go out in 35,000 miles but it did. Buyer seemed like a nice guy. I know I could tell him to jump in a lake but thats not how we are. Not looking to absorb the whole thing...just trying to be cool about it. $300.00 bucks wont break us and hopefully would be percieved as a nice jesture.

 

Just dont want to send him something thats a piece of junk. Id rather send him 300 bucks and get on with my life with a clear concience and hope he remained happy over the deal.

j-ten-ner Senior Enthusiast

j-ten-ner

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^ Just seems like the right thing to do. Sold the guy the truck with an understanding by all that it was a good truck (and despite this...it still is). Buyer has it for a relatively short amount of time and the clutch goes out. This isnt a mustang or a camaro. Its a one ton dually that the new owner paid good money for. Clutch shouldnt go out in 35,000 miles but it did. Buyer seemed like a nice guy. I know I could tell him to jump in a lake but thats not how we are. Not looking to absorb the whole thing...just trying to be cool about it. $300.00 bucks wont break us and hopefully would be percieved as a nice jesture.

 

Just dont want to send him something thats a piece of junk. Id rather send him 300 bucks and get on with my life with a clear concience and hope he remained happy over the deal.

 

 

I like your attitude

Not many people out there like you.

 

You'll find out if he is a nice guy when you offer him just the $300. As a friendly gesture.

 

When he starts to argue that he feels like you should take over the whole sum I would hang up on him and never think about it again.

 

so long

j-ten-ner...who still believes in the "good" of the people

ChevyTech77 Senior Enthusiast

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Centerforce is the only non-oem clutch components that I will use, period.

 

Very cool with the stand up gesture of offering to help, btw. :cheers:

Morgan1986 Senior Enthusiast

Morgan1986

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Centerforce is the only non-oem clutch components that I will use, period.

 

Very cool with the stand up gesture of offering to help, btw. :cheers:

 

Why would your recommend Centerforce? What is your experience with it or what do you know about it and also the oem part who supplies that . Most of these dealers get all there parts from a supplier . It would be nice to have a site to know all the oem parts and their suppliers where the products are built and things like that.
Doug_Scott Senior Enthusiast

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In my experience, the one thing that makes a clutch wear out fast is having more than one driver drive the vehicle on a regular basis.

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