nightmare, still clutch problem

[rickparmar]

ok car went in to replace slave cylinder, he rekons the slave cylinder is fine, but there is a leak from the pressure, so he changed the pressure "thing" which the bleed nipple is on "i think" this is what he said over the phone but i might have got it wrong, will find out to mo

he wants to strip the gearbox out and he thinks its some bearings or release "things"

but 10 hours labour, does he know what he is doing or shall i go to another garage which is a family friend,

have no idea how am going to afford this

 

[Ballcrusher]

had my clutch kit flywheel and slave cykinder replaced a few months back at a main dealer and only took the guy 3hrs in total to do. so how the hell is he getting 10hrs hes taking the **** mate. give the tt-shop a call heard good things about them or jabba as my mate just had his clutch done there and was well hapy with the service

 

[Stewart]

Rick do you mean the master cylinder? The slave cylinder is an integral part of the release bearing assembly...

 

[rickparmar]

no no

master cylinder is replaced, just got that done recently but it didnt fix the problem

 

[rickparmar]

had my clutch kit flywheel and slave cykinder replaced a few months back at a main dealer and only took the guy 3hrs in total to do. so how the hell is he getting 10hrs hes taking the **** mate. give the tt-shop a call heard good things about them or jabba as my mate just had his clutch done there and was well hapy with the service

no way 3 hours,

jabba is kinda round the corner from me, ill give them a call to mo

i just hope i can drive the car out the garage

 

[jojo]

10 hours is the book time, a gearbox specialist should be able to do it half that, agree a fixed fee as opposed to paying by the hour, I paid £225(or something like that) to get my whole gearbox swopped over along with a clutch I supplied. Dropped the car off at 10am, and it was ready by 4.30pm

 

[rickparmar]

will have to see what he says to mo, i just hope i can drive the car out the garage

 

[Crazypete00]

Ive recently had a problem with my clutch.

I was turning around pushed teh clutch pedal in and it never cam back up. When you pull the pedal with your hand you can hear it sucking air in and pushing it out. Do you think this is the Master cylinder on the clutch pedal? i think it may be this, if so how much do you think i will be paying and where can i source the part from?

 

[rickparmar]

just come back from the garage, he changed the pressure valve and the clutch does feel alot better,

he says the hydrolic release bearing and clutch plates will need replacing,

650 plus vat inc parts and labour

its on etka on illustration 141-45

i find it very expensive,

 

[Aky]

Maybe they didn't bleed the system properly. If you do get a new clutch fitted make sure they change the slave cylinder at the same time as Stewart says (which I think I informed him of) it acts as the release bearing.

 

[rickparmar]

system has been bleeded a few times now, yea the garage recommended that the slave cylinder to be replaced as well,

wouldnt mind taking it to jabba sport but they are about 1.30 away from me

cant believe everything added up is going to cost up to a grand

 

[Aky]

Dear do - I had flywheel, clutch and both cylinders replaced with LUK (OEM spec) and that cost about £700.

 

[rickparmar]

700 inc parts ?

 

[Aky]

yeah - Flywheel, clutch and slave was £440 from GSF (including discount) and fitting was £180. before I bought this I thought it was the master cylinder which I got VW in Halifax to replace for about £180 for parts and labour.

 

[rickparmar]

noway, so you rekong he is charging me quite alot ? and thats not the flywheel is not included

 

[Aky]

Thats your call really but if I got everything done for £800 and not £700 in my previous posts then I would say so. 10 hours labour is taking the **** mate!!!

 

[rickparmar]

exactly its the 10 hour thing which is bothering me,

i might have to take a trip to jabba and see what they say

 

[evotista]

Rick,

10 hours is book as others have said, just the pure mechanics of disassembly/reassembly and rebleed even with a no problems i would say is 4-4.5 hours...but you'll have to find a real trusted back street garage to quote on those labour hours. The 10 hours figure will also/should also? include the time to a full 4 wheel alignment which needs to be done since the front sub-frame is dropped. I doubt Jabba would quote much less then 7...but who knows

I've gone through this pain recently, and my labour bill came to 7 hours...so not the best, but it was done by Awesome, who i trust implicitly to do a pro job, and back it up afterwards with excellent CS - all in mine was £850 -which is everything (including flywheel, realignment etc) except master slave.

HTH

 

[rickparmar]

thanks for the replies, 10 hours but even if it was less then that i still think he will charge me more, there to make money i suppose

i think am going to have a word with jabba

 

[Aky]

I reckon my guys must have been charging £30 an hour labour. So 6 hours in total. (and it probably took less than that) I took mine to a clutch and gearbox specialist. They had converted a barn on a farm so hence why labour was cheaper.

 

[rickparmar]

30 pound a hour, thats very good

am not going to rush to fix the problem, going to ring a few more places, i wonder if leicester have any decent clutch and gearbox specialists

 

[evotista]

Aky,

Out of interest for future work, who and where was the place you took yours to for the clutch...£30 an hour is more tempting than £49.50 an hour at Awesome.

 

[rickparmar]

update

my dads mate who has a garage,

is giong to charge about 260 for labour, i just have to source the parts

ok now the problem is what the hell do i need and where do i get it from

in the clutch kit what do you get ?

 

[Ballcrusher]

no way 3 hours,

jabba is kinda round the corner from me, ill give them a call to mo

i just hope i can drive the car out the garage

strait up 3hrs i was shocked myself how fast he worked and made sure every nut and bolt had the correct torque settings.he does private work at audi on saturdays and they close shop at 12.30 i was at 9.15am

 

[rickparmar]

its a shame its to far from me

guys what do i need to buy,

clutch kit
slave cylinder
does the hydrolic release bearing come with the clutch kit or is that seperate ?

 

[jojo]

its a shame its to far from me

guys what do i need to buy,

clutch kit
slave cylinder
does the hydrolic release bearing come with the clutch kit or is that seperate ?

If it's a clutch 'kit' Rick, then it should come with a new release bearing mate.

 

[simch]

HAha, the main dealer guy did it in 3 hours at the main dealer, and yet the dealer would quote and charge 8 hours for the same job!
It's the "bonus" scheme the guys work on that causes this, they bill about 20hours a day chargeable hours, but all mysteriously seem to work only 8! !

Another part of the whole aftersales ripoff!! I mean if it can be done in 3, why does the book say 8! ? OH before anyone says its because things dont always go to lan and it can take a lot longer if something breaks or wont come undone, you can bet your mortgage if it took them 12 hours to complete, they would charge you 12 hours (or maybe 14!!)lol

 

[rickparmar]

at last, everything is sorted

master cylinder replaced
pressure valve replaced
new clutch kit
new slave cylinder
and
new flywheel

total cost around £800 inc parts, labour

 

[jojo]

at last, everything is sorted

master cylinder replaced
pressure valve replaced
new clutch kit
new slave cylinder
and
new flywheel

total cost around £800 inc parts, labour

Good result Rick, now don't forget to do the overtime at MaccyD's to pay for it all.

 

[Ballcrusher]

lol jojo

 

[rickparmar]

doh it was around £900

lol i thought i was going to do the overtime at jojo's chinese shop

 

[Aky]

Aky,

Out of interest for future work, who and where was the place you took yours to for the clutch...£30 an hour is more tempting than £49.50 an hour at Awesome.

A little place on the outskirts of halifax. Its a converted farm building into a unit. Seem to keep busy and obviously the price is pretty good. Far cheaper than a Vag Specialist. I have the number. PM me if interested.