why is my frontier clutch pedal soo hard??

kevinsonny · Postby **kevinsonny** » January 6th, 2012, 9:32 pm

i have driven 4 frontiers in the past few months , and the rest were medium to soft , some including 4x2 and 4x4 , but when it comes to my van's clutch,, its more on the heavy side, i can barely press it down with my hands unless i use a good amount of effort, the van doing 253xxx and everything works great except for that clutch pedal, any help would be appreciated guys !!!!

Esharcangel · Postby **Esharcangel** » January 10th, 2012, 8:53 am

If the Pedal is high up and hard then your clutch plate needs changing. If you have been driving it like this a while now, there is the possibility that your pressure plate will need changing to. 253K is about 1/2 the life of a deisel engine, so if the clutch and pressure plates were never changed, they need changing nw.

kevinsonny · Postby **kevinsonny** » January 10th, 2012, 10:52 am

whats the average price for a pressure plate and clutch for the frontier??

Esharcangel · Postby **Esharcangel** » January 10th, 2012, 12:09 pm

Avg Price for both will be around $1200 each. This is the price at ROC in the Bamboo, N&M will be much much more. ROC will have the geniune nissan parts, you can probably get substitute brands for cheaper somewhere else (Bobby's probably)

Postby **AllTrac** » January 11th, 2012, 1:47 pm

keep in mind the 4x4 zd30 clutch is harder than the 2.5yd 4x2 engine

jpec · Postby **jpec** » January 11th, 2012, 4:33 pm

lol, ya clutch probably watch a porn

nareshseep · Postby **nareshseep** » January 11th, 2012, 4:36 pm

AllTrac wrote:keep in mind the 4x4 zd30 clutch is harder than the 2.5yd 4x2 engine

so can the 4x4 clutch be used as an upgrade for the 4x2?

Xplode · Postby **Xplode** » January 11th, 2012, 6:52 pm

nareshseep wrote:
AllTrac wrote:keep in mind the 4x4 zd30 clutch is harder than the 2.5yd 4x2 engine

so can the 4x4 clutch be used as an upgrade for the 4x2?

yd 25 and the zd30 carries the same clutch plate and pp.

part number
30210-vk000

kevinsonny · Postby **kevinsonny** » January 11th, 2012, 11:45 pm

yea i know the 2.5 softer than zd 30 clutch but i drove a few zd 30 and those clutches were not as hard as mines, gonna check it out this weekend and see whats the outcome

SNIPER 3000 · Postby **SNIPER 3000** » April 8th, 2012, 8:32 pm

Any update on this?

kevinsonny · Postby **kevinsonny** » April 8th, 2012, 10:02 pm

hey guys i got it back to normal . first i changed the clutch fluid then under the van there is a rubber covering the fork that engages the clutch i was informed to take out the rubber and spray the fork with wd40 , that did the trick. while you are spraying it someone else should be pumping the clutch , it took approx 15 mins to loosen , no problems soo far !!! hope this helps.

Ronnie203 · Postby **Ronnie203** » April 17th, 2012, 11:52 am

yep....i had that same problem afew years ago and did what you did. I bought some liquid Wrench and sprayed it on to help keep the ball lubed.

black start · Postby **black start** » April 23rd, 2012, 1:33 pm

AllTrac wrote:keep in mind the 4x4 zd30 clutch is harder than the 2.5yd 4x2 engine

When you say harder, do you mean its harder to press or is it that the clutch material itself is harder? And what's the reason?

Reason for asking, I drove both, 4x2 (yd powered) and 4x4 (zd powered) and the clutch on the 4x2 was soft to medium whereas the 4x4 was soft like butter. 4x4 was basically like pressing a slack pedal as compared to all the other manual vehicles I've driven.