Chaps,
My S2 has just shy of 150k miles on it. And I think it's on the original clutch. (There is no record anywhere in the cars history of it having been changed.) There are no problems with it, but I am thinking seriously about changing it as a preventative measure. (It is an only car, used for getting to work and back, and I don't like the thought of it stranding me by the side of the road one morning/evening, and needing to get the work done in a hurry as well as finding a courtesy/hire car.) I know there is an inspection port on the bellhousing which can be used to measure the amount of wear left on the clutch plates, and I will be doing this when the weather is a bit better, but ...
What is involved in changing the clutch? I will be doing as much research on here as possible, but if people could give me pointers that would be appreciated. Questions are:
1. I'll be using the Clarks Garage and Porsche Manual guides mainly; does anyone know of any others ones out there which are also good?
2. Clutch type - I have a memory that there are spring-centred clutches and rubber-centred clutches, and that the spring-centred ones are better. Is this so? What is the part number of the spring-centred ones? Are they more expensive?
3. What am I likely to break getting it apart? I seem to recall that the crank angle sensor is pretty delicate and often comes apart when you remove it. Given that I will be doing this job over a weekend (with some help from friends), I want to have any parts I am likely to need to hand at the time, so what else should I be ordering?
4. Are there any specialist tools needed? Specialist being other than a good set of sockets and open-ended spanners, triple-squares for the CV joints, jacks, levers and swear words. Oh, and possibly some beer for when it is all done.
5. What else is worth doing 'while you are in there'? I am tempted by some of the shorter gearshift modifications, and of course will be cleaning and lubricating the linkage.
Thanks for any help you can offer ... If I do it then I'll do a decent photographic write-up and post it somewhere for others to read if they are interested ...
Oli.
ETA: Another question ... how long will it take? I know this is a 'how-long-is-a-piece-of-string' question but give me an idea ... someone ... please!
My S2 has just shy of 150k miles on it. And I think it's on the original clutch. (There is no record anywhere in the cars history of it having been changed.) There are no problems with it, but I am thinking seriously about changing it as a preventative measure. (It is an only car, used for getting to work and back, and I don't like the thought of it stranding me by the side of the road one morning/evening, and needing to get the work done in a hurry as well as finding a courtesy/hire car.) I know there is an inspection port on the bellhousing which can be used to measure the amount of wear left on the clutch plates, and I will be doing this when the weather is a bit better, but ...
What is involved in changing the clutch? I will be doing as much research on here as possible, but if people could give me pointers that would be appreciated. Questions are:
1. I'll be using the Clarks Garage and Porsche Manual guides mainly; does anyone know of any others ones out there which are also good?
2. Clutch type - I have a memory that there are spring-centred clutches and rubber-centred clutches, and that the spring-centred ones are better. Is this so? What is the part number of the spring-centred ones? Are they more expensive?
3. What am I likely to break getting it apart? I seem to recall that the crank angle sensor is pretty delicate and often comes apart when you remove it. Given that I will be doing this job over a weekend (with some help from friends), I want to have any parts I am likely to need to hand at the time, so what else should I be ordering?
4. Are there any specialist tools needed? Specialist being other than a good set of sockets and open-ended spanners, triple-squares for the CV joints, jacks, levers and swear words. Oh, and possibly some beer for when it is all done.
5. What else is worth doing 'while you are in there'? I am tempted by some of the shorter gearshift modifications, and of course will be cleaning and lubricating the linkage.
Thanks for any help you can offer ... If I do it then I'll do a decent photographic write-up and post it somewhere for others to read if they are interested ...
Oli.
ETA: Another question ... how long will it take? I know this is a 'how-long-is-a-piece-of-string' question but give me an idea ... someone ... please!