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Major service and RMS - Clutch too?

Rickster

Rickster

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Hi all,
Car went in to the OPC yesterday for 48K service ~(gulp!) but the extended warranty came good as they are fitting new coils, horn, oil filler pipe and RMS for free! (didnt even know it was leaking....)

Question is do i want a clutch for £400 or not? (Labour is free as the RMS is done, Clutch less 10% for PCGB members!)

He is getting back to me today to tell me 'if it needs one' but i think we all know the likely answer from them!!

I guess 46K miles is enough for a clutch....? Any thoughts?

Thanks Rick

PS this service lead to them offering me a new car, which turned out to be a farce, see other thread.....
 
How much will it be if it goes in a year or so?

Lot more than £400 for clutch itself I'd suspect
 
ORIGINAL: Rickster

Question is do i want a clutch for £400 or not? (Labour is free as the RMS is done, Clutch less 10% for PCGB members!)

I guess 46K miles is enough for a clutch....? Any thoughts?
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IMO No Brainer .... fit the clutch and be safe & sound in the knowledge you won't be needing another again or for a lotta miles still to come [;)]
 
My car has a receipt for a clutch when it was at 60,000, which I understand is a good life for one. If you plan to keep the car then it has to be done, an investment now saves later. They should be able to give you an assessment of the amount of wear to help with the decision.
 
There is a god!

The OPC took a look at the clutch and said it was in mint condition!!! It must have had one before i got it 10mths ago [8D]

They also greased the slave cylinder (Though which part i have no idea?) which may have been what was causing a little pedal 'feel' i was asking about.

Coils done under warranty too!
 
ORIGINAL: colinbythesea

My car has a receipt for a clutch when it was at 60,000, which I understand is a good life for one. If you plan to keep the car then it has to be done, an investment now saves later. They should be able to give you an assessment of the amount of wear to help with the decision.
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My car still has the same clutch that it left the factory with. [:)]
 
I have 67,000 miles and my clutch was replaced yesterday. The pedal was hard to push down. It was down to the rivets on the pressure plate side, and the plate was slightly scored.

Fells like a new car now. I can push the pedal down with my thumb.

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Just had OPC put a new Clutch in mine last month at 63k - unfortunately it had worn so badly they had to put a new fly wheel in too - wasn't very happy about that!
And to top it off - I forgot to ask for the PCGB discount!!!
Just going to fit new tyres and new discs next week - why does everything always come at once!?
Air suspension has also just gone on my land rover..... argh

 
I was lucky as my disc was down to the rivets on the pressure plate side, and not the flywheel side. Or I would have had to have the flywheel resurfaced if it could be reused, or buy a new flywheel. $$$

The clutch kit put in includes the disc, pressure plate, and release bearing. So the grooves on my pressure plate meant nothing as far as cost, as the new pressure plate is part of the cost of the kit.

Now this is a disc from a guy that like to autocross....

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Tool Pants,

Ouch! The Autocross picture is very bad indeed, must have put serious strain on the gearbox after the drag racing...[8D]

Nice piture of your car with the gearbox removed, did you do the clutch yourself ?
If so, is it a big job to do ?

Mines done 45K now, buts looks like may only have 20K left in the clutch going off what people are saying...
 
The autocross guy use to have a website where he bad mouthed his dealership because they would not replace his clutch for free after he abused it. That is where I found the picture. He finally paid for a new clutch. Then guess what - he did it again after more autocrosses and complained all over again.

As for my Boxster clutch, I let a mechanic replace it. I have replaced clutches on other vehicles over the years in my younger days, and would have liked to have done the Boxster myself. But now I am old and the thought of laying on my back on the driveway with the car on ramps did not appeal to me.

This is the back of my 1997 engine. It had a very slight film of oil, but the black stuff is clutch dust sticking to it so it looks worse then it is. I did not actually have a drip. I consider this normal on a car with 67,000 miles. The mechanic wanted to do the latest reseal. I was against it because of Murphy's Law. In the end I told him to do it, since he was in there anyway for the clutch replacement.

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Interesting story about the autocross guy, I would have thought anyone doing serious motorsport would know that clutchs and brakes will need replacing regularly.

I drive my 986 very fast, but I try to be very kind to the clutch and gearbox, I use the brakes and tyres to do all the hard work, I never use the gearbox to do the braking.

I'm like you, I have changed clutches on other vehicles, but the thought of laying on my back on the driveway trying to line up a very heavy gearbox with the engine (sods law, it will be in the winter time!), but I do love doing jobs myself, I found the 986 to be one of the best cars I have ever worked on up to now.

I agree with you about Murphy's Law, if it isn't broke then leave the dam thing alone !
But as you say, if you got the car in pieces then it worth doing the RMS for peace of mind.
 
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