How much for a new clutch?
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Hi All,
Just wondered if any of you have had a new clutch fitted and how much it cost - want to check if I'm being ripped off (don't think I am but then I don't know much about it!)
Ta
C
Just wondered if any of you have had a new clutch fitted and how much it cost - want to check if I'm being ripped off (don't think I am but then I don't know much about it!)
Ta
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Hmmm, seems a bit high to me. We had ours done the other week, on a less common model of car (Fiat Doblo) and it was £230.00 all in. Still, the quotes we got ranged as high as £700+ :eek:
Thanks for your replies!
One poster suggests that because a car is slightly older, it should cost less, but why?
The older car might use a less in demand componant that costs more, plus it's been subject to more wear and corrosion, so it might take longer to take apart and cost a bit more in replacing parts that break when you try and remove them (and by the way stephenc40, can you tell me where you can get a clutch done by a reputable garage on a 106 for £110 including all parts, labour and VAT, I'll farm all my future 106 clutches out to them)
Another suggests that a totally different make and model of car cost them less for the same job, but that's like comparing chalk and cheese.
If it's any consolation Charlie, on the face of it £355 doesn't sound massively OTT, if you could just tell me what engine your car has got and (if you're remotely interested) I'll check on the what I would charge you and report back tomorrow.
Maybe its where you live. i got quoted close to 300 from kwik fit bit more from another big garage then went down a back street garage that could fit me in the next day and orderd the part straight away. 110 pound for a clutch kit and i was on my way! i live in warrington btw if you wanted to know!
but was that including fitting as well
The parts cost vary depending on engine size, so I plumped for a 1.1 and the cheapest clutch I could find for that (that would be worth fitting) was £60.
The Autodata quoted time for fitting is 3.4 hours (for all models) but that assumes that everything comes apart easily and there are no other difficulties, so we'll add on a bit for unforseen extra problems and call it 4 hours.
My place is one of those 'back street garages' that has been mentioned, but we are in London, so we charge £55 per hour (typically about half the labour rate of main dealers locally).
So, add that lot up and put on the Chancellor's bit and you end up with £330; not a million miles from £355 and that's using cheaper than OE parts and not making a profit on them either.
There you go Charlie, you can be safe in the knowledge you weren't ripped off at all.
Anyway, bottom line, be wary of a too-cheap job. I was lucky. If the darn thing had failed while I was overtaking, I could be dead.
Anyone know how much roughly a replacement clutch for a 1900TD 1998 406 would be at all? I expect more than what the car is worth but I really dont want to bin the car, it is too good really.
Thanks in advance.
James
They aren't too bad to do, parts around £100, labour about 4 hours, plus the dreaded Vodka And Tonic, somewhere around £350 would (once again) be about right.
sounds right to me
Thanks for that, the problem is that I have the old Peugeot as a run around and at the price that I paid I would struggle to get something else that is as good, so I figure that when it goes it would be better to spend money on getting it repaired than having to go out and find something to replace it with.
Appreciate the quick reply :-)
James