WRX RCY

Help need. Anybody changed a clutch before? And how easy is it?

Any tip, advice, volunteers

Chris

The Stitcher

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yes i have and its not as hard as people make out ,just takes a while to do the job

turboDean

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Never done a clutch, wouldn't know where to start, but if you want a hand give me a shout

DannyBoy007

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I wouldn't have a clue,

Paid API to do mine

sammyh

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Not easy on the floor,its about a 4 or 5 hour job

sammyh

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Forgot to say if nothing has been changed for a while i'd spray up all the bolts you are going to take off with WD or simular epsecially the downpipe

WRX RCY

Thanks for all your posts, but for 200 quid a garage will fit my clutch and skim the flywheel

turboDean

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ACE charge between £220-£300 depending on how hard it is to get the down pipe off, he told me not to have the flywheel skimmed.

DannyBoy007

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£200 is what API charge and I thought it was a pretty good price,

I thought you had to have the flywheel skimmed!!!! I changed mine to a lightened one at the time and really notice the diffance

WRX RCY

I'm fitting 230mm instead of 225mm. And everybody I spoke to have send to have the flywheel skim or a lightweight one

turboDean

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Can't remember exactly what he said, but there was some reason for not skimming them, but i went for an Exedy lightweight one anyway.
Mine was in perfect condition apparantly if you need a 230mm one.

WRX RCY

I thought it was the same flywheel thats on the 225 and 230 clutch

turboDean

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Sorry mis-read your post, you mean the clutch, not really sure about the flywheel being the same. Did read a post a couple weeks back about someone having trouble fitting a 230mm clutch on to an early 225 car, apparantly 99 times out of 100 it works fine but some have problems with clutch catching on something on the flywheel

spuddy

done one on a bedford van once