Clutches!

[gazwhittle]

why are clutches so dear, 4 garages round my area want around the £350 for doin my clutch! only paid £900 for the car so might aswel scrap it.

[KamRacing]

ask them for a labour only rate and get the parts yourself.

might save a few quid.

Or get a haynes manual and teach yourself

[RedB]

Originally Posted by gazwhittle

why are clutches so dear, 4 garages round my area want around the £350 for doin my clutch! only paid £900 for the car so might aswel scrap it.

Source a Valeo clutch kit (eGhey etc.) and take it to them or shop around for other quotes from garages. Labour should be around 1 1/2 hours so price varies on how much the bastards charge.

Good luck dude

[immense]

I've been quoted £269.99 from Mr Clutch to have mine done, sucks!

[gazwhittle]

they have all sed its a minimum of 4 hours

[RedB]

Originally Posted by gazwhittle

they have all sed its a minimum of 4 hours

They sound like cowboys or just have pretty remedial skills with a tool kit mate lol.

Clutch kits cost around 80+ if you go with the above mentioned but it might be worth looking outside of the area a bit and comparing quotes there.

[RedB]

Originally Posted by immense

I've been quoted £269.99 from Mr Clutch to have mine done, sucks!

If thats all in using decent parts and not second hand refurb shiz then that aint too bad as the new clutch should last 40k+....if it aint abused

[gazwhittle]

Originally Posted by KamRacing

ask them for a labour only rate and get the parts yourself.

might save a few quid.

Or get a haynes manual and teach yourself

the 1.4 clutch kit you sell will it fit my exclusive 1.4?

[sanchez89]

its expensive because they have to take a fair bit of stuff of just to get to it. And a gearbox is heavy

[Sammy-Boy]

Why not get one from the scrappy and do it yourself using Haynes?

[Saxotim]

bollocks to it taking 4 hours at a garage thats just bull.

took me and my dad under 3 to do it on the road outside his house and that was goin steady and forgetting to put the starter motor wires back on etc.

[Danr]

Me and my mate did ours on the drive. I have the mechanical knowledge on par with a garden hedge

[kxhaz]

thats not that bad a price its not a small job lol we had to do one on a saab at work came to over a grand lol but thats dealerships for you

[steve_335]

Where i work, they say about 4 hours to do a clutch, its because of what you actually have to do. Take battery out, undo engine mounts, undo gearbox itself, take it out, not the lightest of things in the world, then take clutch out, put new one in and realign it and put it all back together, sometimes you have to drop subrame, undo lower arms etc. Lots of work involved, had one in and out in 90 mins before though. That was a ford though. Did flywheel and slave on focus today, was over a grand bill

[titchster]

New clutch - £80
The right clutch - Free swap

Free fitting from good friends - Priceless.

[Yates]

as said shouldnt take 4 hours, took me 5 to do mine when some mates done it, but that was because we chatted alot, had problems with 2 of the bolts not coming out, waited half hour for a mate to turn up with a blow torch to try get the bolts out, still couldnt, so got angle grinder on them, then went to b n q to get new bolts

one hell of a fuck around rolf

[KamRacing]

Originally Posted by Yates

as said shouldnt take 4 hours, took me 5 to do mine when some mates done it, but that was because we chatted alot, had problems with 2 of the bolts not coming out, waited half hour for a mate to turn up with a blow torch to try get the bolts out, still couldnt, so got angle grinder on them, then went to b n q to get new bolts

one hell of a fuck around rolf

sounds like a lot of garages lmao

[louis_23]

mr clutch mate 260....

did a shit job of mine tho think my gear box fucked now cuz of them its making noises they dont admit it obviously. duno if you wanna take the risk with them.....

[fast-boy]

bring it down to gloucester and i will fit it for £100 in my workshop

[darkslag72]

do it your self its easyish. lol