Reconditioned clutch
21 September 2002, 10:27 PM
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personaly I would not
what have they renewed ?
how cheap is it ?
how can the give it 12 months ?
what is wrong with your current one ?
If you have any probelms what come back will you have ?
what have they renewed ?
how cheap is it ?
how can the give it 12 months ?
what is wrong with your current one ?
If you have any probelms what come back will you have ?
22 September 2002, 06:03 AM
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it's not a matter of bing cheap mate.
All I am asking is whether there is much difference between these ones at £130 + vat from importcars.com or whether to go for a standard or AP clutch.
I ain't paying like 450+ fitting for something which is not going to make much difference.
From what I have heard they just re line the clutch with asbestos and they are good as new!
All I am asking is whether there is much difference between these ones at £130 + vat from importcars.com or whether to go for a standard or AP clutch.
I ain't paying like 450+ fitting for something which is not going to make much difference.
From what I have heard they just re line the clutch with asbestos and they are good as new!
22 September 2002, 12:48 PM
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Well a new original from a subaru dealer is about £300 parts only, so where are you getting the £450 + fitting price??
A re-con may be fine, and last quite a while if it is good quality. A lot depends on what a re-con means. I recently did a clutch on a Supra TT, which had only been fitted with a "new" clutch a few miles before. When I took it apart, it turned out to be a re-con, and a very poor one at that. Not only was the friction surface on the cover very badly finished, but the flywheel was also badly marked ( probably because it hed been slipping badly ) and the friction plate was the wrong thickness causing the clutch to slip badly. The clutch assembly had also been put together wrong. Most of this was poor workmanship, but the apparently new clutch was anything but new.
Once a new clutch was installed correctly with a new flywheel, the car was perfect again.
If the supplier is offering a 12 month guarantee, including labour to refit if it goes wrong, then go fir it, if it is cheap enough. If it doesnt include labour, just buy a new one, and get it done right.
A re-con may be fine, and last quite a while if it is good quality. A lot depends on what a re-con means. I recently did a clutch on a Supra TT, which had only been fitted with a "new" clutch a few miles before. When I took it apart, it turned out to be a re-con, and a very poor one at that. Not only was the friction surface on the cover very badly finished, but the flywheel was also badly marked ( probably because it hed been slipping badly ) and the friction plate was the wrong thickness causing the clutch to slip badly. The clutch assembly had also been put together wrong. Most of this was poor workmanship, but the apparently new clutch was anything but new.
Once a new clutch was installed correctly with a new flywheel, the car was perfect again.
If the supplier is offering a 12 month guarantee, including labour to refit if it goes wrong, then go fir it, if it is cheap enough. If it doesnt include labour, just buy a new one, and get it done right.
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