hi guys,

back again, recently had a rear main seal / rear crank seal replaced for an oil leak. Now the clutch seems rough on bite and If I just touch the clutch pedal say half an inch in in quite shakey. Does anyone know what this indicates, should the garage be looking into this as favour due to them having messed in this area and now there’s this gritty feeling? Or could it just be coincidence.

its an 03 wrx and the clutch does not slip.

any help / advice would be greatly appreciated

Thx again all, to add to the info I have found the car / clutch shakes on bite especially crawling up hills in traffic 1st gear, even when I give it plenty of gas.

will have to see what the garage say, if they charge me 4 hours labour again I think it will be time to find a new garage right?

when u say spigot bearing are you saying it’s coincidence or not put back together properly?

sorry if that’s a stupid question but I’m no mechanic... I want to have it set in my mind if I am lightly blaming them or if it’s just happened by chance 😣

Cheers guys, I’ve called the garage, they said give it a week and let the clutch slip a couple of times. If it’s still bad they said they will have a look. Didn’t discuss costs so hopefully it won’t be a big bill.

wish I could do these things myself but I’ve not the tools or the knowledge, I’m ok with little bits n bobs but I need to learn to do more myself. Had to fix a few “specialist” jobs myself, best one was silicone hoses, they didn’t put the break booster valve in the new pipe...

Yeah it’s still juddery though it is a little better after letting it slip. It’s still noticeably worse and I dare say it would put off a buyer if I came to sell it so I’m going to call em tomorrow.

They are good guys and I’ve used em for 3 yrs now. I’m hopeful it won’t be a fall out. The way I see it, if I had done the job I would feel obliged to have another look. That said I know they have overheads, if they could work ‘at cost’ or work something out at a reduced rate then I guess I could accept that.

i still don’t see why when no judder before but there is now it points at bearing if it was fine before?

what do you all think, should this be a free job by garage or full cost to me?

what if I did pay and it’s still juddering, I can’t just pay them indefinitely lol

Fingers crossed, will let u know.