1.2 16v Clutch

[tommys]

My clutch has been juddering when setting off in first gear, nothing major but still annoying. Driving home today, got onto the slip road to get on the M60 and clutch started to slip, high reving without really picking up speed. Took it easy on the way back. The clutch pedal has gone much softer and setting off is difficult.

New clutch I suspect? Anybody know how much it'll cost for part and labour roughly?

Thanks in advance

 

[G3 NYX]

I'm having the same issue, I'm sure its cause by a previous teenager owner of the car :/
So I will sub this thread.

 

[Beef-Mc]

When I had mine done, I was getting quotes from £300 to £350 from most garages, although I'm sure there will be plenty of places that will do it cheaper.

 

[tommys]

When I had mine done, I was getting quotes from £300 to £350 from most garages, although I'm sure there will be plenty of places that will do it cheaper.

Cheers mate. I hope so, straight after Christmas/New Year... Brilliant lol

 

[Kane.]

I paid 100 pound for a Q&H clutch, then 120 labour iirc.

 

[latza]

£100 clutch + £100 labour usually

 

[guysy]

£295 for a friend Renault mechanic and his mate to do it after hours private, Valeo clutch supplied

Took that quote straight away because i needed the car and the garage is down the road from me

 

[JackJack]

Am i right in thinking you need to take the subframe off to do this job?

 

[Fred@BTM]

yup

 

[tommys]

I'm going to get some prices in on Tuesday. So if i get a price of about 200-250 I'm not getting ripped off?

 

[Fred@BTM]

its a 6hour job book time, plus a clutch and box oil

 

[tommys]

its a 6hour job book time, plus a clutch and box oil

That sounds expensive

 

[JackJack]

So if i get a price of about 200-250 I'm not getting ripped off?

IMO no your not. Id pay that.

 

[ditz]

As Fred says 6 hours book time (can be done much quicker, but that's almost besides the point here) a VERY cheap garage will be charging 30 pound an hour, plus a clutch, plus oil.. Plus vat, do the maths! 300 quid would be a cheap job!

 

[tommys]

Okay. I might be clutching at straws here (excuse the pun) but is this something a friend mechanic could do on their drive? Or does this job require the car to be lifted on the rack?

 

[JackJack]

Iv heard of people doing it on their drives before, imagine it would be easier on a ramp tho.

 

[latza]

can be done on a drive easily

 

[tommys]

Okay, thanks. I will see if he can do it then!

 

[tommys]

Okay, abit of an update.

I sometimes get a 'mobile' mechanic to do the work on my cars, he doesn't have his own garage but has access to one when he needs a ramp. so it keeps his overheads down, and therefore the quotes he gives are cheaper. So anyway, he has quoted 120 labour and a approximate figure of 100 for parts. Although he's going to confirm this on Tuesday.

Booked it in for Thursday, having got an online quote of 475 off the halfords autocentre website!

 

[Fred@BTM]

would be just over £400 from me for reference

 

[ditz]

Good price, I'd want that sort of money for one with a good clutch

 

[clancy]

get a friend to do it with you if you wanna save money and have a mechanic mate. did my friends clutch in about 4 hours on his drive

 

[Mark-387]

450 ??? wots the clutch solid gold..... my m8 done mine took him half an hour he charged me 50 pounds i paid the the clutch kit which was £110 and some oil which was £2.....

 

[Sean6545]

I would pay good money to see someone do a clutch in half an hour.

 

[jamesybear]

i paid £250 iirc for my clutch to be done all in. took them about 4 hours i think too.

 

[JackJack]

450 ??? wots the clutch solid gold..... my m8 done mine took him half an hour he charged me 50 pounds i paid the the clutch kit which was £110 and some oil which was £2.....

Of course

 

[Mark-387]

Of course

well he did ty!!.. he done me a 172 conversion on my car and done it in less then 12 hours.... he does fix crashed cars so he knows wot he doing...but he done me a clutch change in half an hour..

 

[ditz]

There is a cheat to it, remove o/s engine mount, attach engine to brace, unbolt bell housing (everything still attached ) slide engine over then u can unbolt the clutch through the gap. 2 dabs of superglue on the clutch plate sorts out the lining it up problem. I've done them quite impressively quick like this but half hour takes the piss. What tools did he use? Chainsaw? And as for a 172 conversion in less than 12 hours. Mine was done in plumbed and ready to run in less than 12 hours..... I then spent 3 days wiring it.

 

[Mark-387]

i swear !! he did... i will let u guys think wot u wont but i now it happend coz its in my car and it works like a peach.. 12hours everything done engine in and loom ...

 

[Fred@BTM]

half hour cluch change, we couldn't even do that on the race cars, you've been sniffing glue, oh and even my best mate would pay more than £50

standard car drive in, drive out 172 conversion in 12hours???

 

[Mark-387]

like i said think wot u like i no it happened

 

[Alex H]

Lol at 30 minute clutch change. Dreamer. Is your mate a full WRC team of mechanics.

 

[Naith]

whats happening on here the last few days?!

Its actually scary. half an hour change. 5 people on here stood and watched fred recently challenge himself to rebuild my engine and clutch... he's GOOD and that took him 2 hours(ish) running round like a nutter.

I lapped the ring in 4.54 last week.

 

[Addz]

I love those pictures! ^

Just checked at work, a clutch should be about £75 for a o.e LUK one...

 

[MikeB]

We quoted about £328 for one at work, bloke rang back and told us it can be done in 30 mins?! LOL

 

[tommys]

Whats better out of a Valeo or LUK? Just so I can make sure he gets the best one. Also is there a specific gearbox oil that he should be using?

 

[tommys]

Another question, should the gearbox oil be getting changed? And why? Just out of interest (I'm a novice)

 

[Fred@BTM]

Valeo/LUK/Sachs/QH - doesn't matter which

you have to drain the box oil to remove the driveshaft, only gypos would pour the old stuff back in

 

[JackJack]

Just looked in my manual and it says 75w-80 gear oil.

 

[Fred@BTM]

^expensive, just use 75W90, way cheaper