Jamo

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can anyone tell me what I should be looking to pay for a clutch and fitment on a uk turbo?

cheers in advance

Daz1121

I had a new clutch fitted on my MY00 Uk turbo 2000 last year. Got the an Exidy clutch off an EBay shop for £120 and fitting locally to me was £200.

bighead

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i think its depends on where you take the car and which clutch you are fitting , so anywhere between £600-1000 typical
My HKS twin cost £1300 new and that just the clutch !!

SunnySideUp

Around £300 fitted for a standard clutch should be the target price.

But, as with all things, some are prepared to pay a lot more.

Jamo

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cheers for the quick replys. BH was hoping not to pay that much tbh was thinking about £300 for a standard clutch. cheers guys, will ring scoobyclinic tommorow to confirm.

st33ly

I would suggest replacing the flywheel also in your WR1 if your going to change the clutch. If you hunt around you can get a new clutch and flywheel for around £350 plus VAT then fitting ontop.

TonyBurns

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About 900 quid, this would be from someone who knew what they were doing and an original clutch (not a dodgy aftermarket fitment) plus the flywheel which is recommended to be changed at the same time

Tony

Jamo

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I should have explained better, its for a high mileage classic impreza wagon not a wr1.

I will have the flywheel changed, but I already have a new one that I have bought ages ago.

james

Chelspeed

Why is a flywheel change recommended? Is the flywheel a consumable now days with the non-asbestos clutch friction plate materials (as with discs when you change pads)?

Or is just too good an opportunity to fit a lightened one while the engine and gearbox is split?

andy97

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Generally if a flywheel has done alot of miles it would be advisable to clean up the surface of the flywheel. If you are going to do that, then the extra cost to havea lightened flywheel, which will include a cleaned surface, then its simple economics. Plus it would cost a fortune to change the clutch on one job and the flywheel on anonther. Do both whilst gearbox is off.


Andy

Aztec Performance Ltd

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It is usually easier to have a fresh flywheel ready for fitting to minimise the time the car is off the road if the garage doing the work doesn't have flywheel skimming facilities (they usually don't).

Also it's a great opportunity to upgrade to a lightweight forged flywheel while the clutch is being done. We sell lightweight forged flywheels for just £205 delivered

SqeekyMclean

Not being funny but you don't need to take it to scooby places to fit a clutch.

Most mechanics fit them day in and day out, so shop around for best prices.

harvey

iTrader: (48)

The price here for a replacement clutch would be £150 labour plus the cost of the clutch. You can supply your own or we will obtain for you. A standard clutch around £150 or a little more and a 400 bhp or something in that region £320 on a Classic.
We keep replacement flywheels in stock but would not make a decision to replace the flywheel until we had examined the one on the car. Absolutely no point replacing something when it is good.

chocolate_o_brian

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echo what harvey said.

when i had the clutch replaced in my old scoob in january (when the gearbox blew up) i requested an uprated one was put in. think this was £220 for the clutch. the labour costs were uber cheap as the whole gearbox was out and being swapped. the flywheel was fine, and didnt need skimming or replacing.

XR-Wayne

Its good to hear places that offer these services say this, for normal person that wouldn't have no idea some garage must go '' Yea mate it needs replacing'' when it doesn't I'll be getting my FMIC from you harvey when I need it.

GC8

I think that you could do a lot worse than have Harvey replace it James.

PeeVee

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Unless you fit it yourself, you will struggle to get it done for £300.

A standard clutch & release bearing cost £298.30

jaywrxsti

look on importcarparts they are cheap for exedy clutches cheers j

harvey

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Thanks for the comments guys.

serega

Sorry if its a bit off topic but is this true that its normal for exedy clutches to judder when you pull off ?

Aztec Performance Ltd

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For new ones, yes. Can take a good few hundred miles for it to settle down.

If the flywheel wasn't properly checked/skimmed or replaced, then it will carry on doing it if it has high spots.

XR-Wayne

Mine judders bad when I pull off, whole bloody dash shakes


5000 miles is enought for it two wear in??. I know I had a 2 part flywheel on the car from factory and it was replaced with a 1 part this shouldnt cause a problem should it??

Excedy Clutch and flywheel.

harvey

iTrader: (48)

If you have a new clutch and resurfaced or new flywheel and it suffers from judder there is something far wrong.
Even with the original flywheel, if there is judder after a couple of days there is an issue.

Aztec Performance Ltd

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We don't get involved with the workshop side of things, but when I had my car in for new forks @ Zen, Paul did comment that it was not unusual for the uprated Exedy Clutches to take a good few hundred miles to bed in.

Darc174

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mines being fitted friday so see how mine goes hopefully no judder after bedding in

XR-Wayne

Iv contacted APi regarding mine as thats where it was fitted.

My whole dash shakes when it judders in first gear, Any one else come across this and know the cause??

harvey

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I have fitted lots of these Exedy clutches both with and without a surface ground flywheel, lightened or otherwise and often with no replacement flywheel at all. (as the original flywheel was in good condition). Also Subaru replacement clutch plates only from S.G. Petch, the local Subaru dealer or Andrew Page, Motorfactors. Cheap repair for a standard or nearly standard car. Also an odd AP Racing.

If the clutch is juddereing after a couple of days there is an issue and I don't care what anybody says. There is an issue.

The biggest problem with lightened flywheels for the owner is stalling for the first few days until they become used to the lighter flywheel so they tend to burn the clutch a bit. On two occassions in the past I have come across customer supplied flywheels with balance issues. One vibrated the whole car, particularly at certain RPM and at first it appeared to be an engine issue. That involved removing the gearbox at the customer's expense and replacing the flywheels.
Last year I fitted a customer supplied big power clutch from America, complete with flywheel. It would have represented a reasonable cost saving but after three weeks of serious but inconsistent judder it was replaced with an AP Racing Organic Uprated and one of our lightened and ground flywheels. Problem solved. The owner paid for the refit and the AP and the three week old clutch is still here gathering dust. A money saving exercise turned to financial disaster. The flywheel is now on one of my own cars with no issues. The problem appeared to be the clutch sprung arrangement but because of the cost of returning the clutch plate to the U.S. nothing was done.