What are your thoughts? I hate to skimp on parts difficult to replace, but I also hate spending extra money. Are they cheap garbage or decent?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/11628...spagenameZWD1V

 

Welcome to YotaTech.... i would get a Marlincrawler comes with every thing you need also have the flywheel resurfaced its about a 4 hour job with a few freinds and a transmisson jack ..... as you know the saying you get what you pay for so i would spend the extra money on quality parts

 

I really don't need anything that stout. This is for my 2wd daily that I drive to work on the freeway and never offroad.

 

the heavy duty ones are good .... not sure if you have a napa or not i got a clutch kit for my 22re with a new flywheel for about $270 ish

 

All the more reason to buy a sure fire clutch. IMO that's one part that I wouldn't skimp on the price. They seem really cheap. just my $0.02.

 

try it and let us know how it works for ya. it might be a good kit and last a long time. they seem to have great feedback. if it where an internal motor part i would pass but doing a clutch in a 2wd trucks are pretty simple. i ran a cheap clutch kit in my 87 pickup years ago and then after that ran it in my 4runner for a few more years and the disc is still good.

 

I got my CF DF on e bay for 235, great price for a great clutch. If its a hwy rig that clutch will probally last as long as the motor...

 

trail-gear.com has oem clutches for 150, and thats what i would get if i were you, im personally getting marlin's h.d. clutch because of my use of the truck.

 

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OEM clutch parts unless you need something for trail riding and then I still don't know that I wouldn't use OEM still. OEM in both of mine...dd and the trailer queen.

 

I just put a new Marlin clutch and flywheel in my truck, and I can say the quality of the parts is top notch.

I'd look into LUK clutches, you may be able to save a few $$ and go that route. I've heard good things about them.

 

Here is a nice TRD clutch w/ flywheel on ebay - you may want to watch this and maybe it will go for a reasonable price -

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Toyot...spagenameZWDVW

 

So by OEM you guys would get genuine Toyota parts, or just a non-upgraded stock replacement?

 

genuine toyota parts ...i got 138k on my stock clutch and its doing great and im pretty sure it still has the stock fuilds

 

Original Equipment Manufacturer = OEM = Toyota

Old Man Emu = OME = ARB = Australian for 4x4

FYI: I can get Aisin clutch kits from my supplier.

 

I love my marlin clutch. It grabs really nice and hard but still have great road manners. I rarely shift with my clutch though.

 

Lol no crap. Some people use OEM to mean stock as in stock replacement, so I just wanted some clarification.

 

OEM is a stock replacment

 

myself and intrepid replaced ours with a clutch kit from asco/aisin. we found them on ebay from eclutchmaster.com. that is the seller. asco/aisin is the manufacturer of toyota clutches, but we were able to save some $$ by not getting the toyota name on them. i have had mine in for about 40k now, and it is still going strong.

 

The Exedy clutches are pretty good and cheap too. They're made by Daikin. I have seen them on ebay but I ended up getting mine locally for about $90 (I couldn't afford anything more at that time and my clutch was gone). I have about 6K miles on it so far and it's doing well and feels about like a stock clutch. Make sure you get your flywheel machined or replaced. It cost me $35 to have mine machined at a local machine shop.

 

Stock replacement also = parts store replacement.