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jose

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well i have just had the unfortunate task of getting the gear box off to see what the f*ck happened to my clutch and as you can see its had it!

Its the original Valeo item and has done just under 70,000 miles


Im going to be replacing it with a Saches kit which is made in Germany, instead of the shit the french have come out with, as i understand there seems to be quite a few problems at the minute with the Valeo ones, belived to be a batch problem! well not unless they were all made 10 years ago!



Jose 1 vs Clutch 0

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Posted 28th Aug 2009 at 23:14
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OOO bad luck!! I ahd the exact same problem but mine had done 110.000 Dry

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Posted 28th Aug 2009 at 23:19
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welshpug!

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nowt wrong with Valeo clutches, mine lasted 122k miles Razz

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Posted 28th Aug 2009 at 23:19
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Ditto, The one from mine had covered 248k before being changed and it still had life left in it

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Posted 28th Aug 2009 at 23:56
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ah well luck of the draw i guess, got some new ball joints aswell as i smashed the shit out of them when getting the drive shafts out

Picking up my new clutch tonight and ill prob get fitting sunday/monday

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Posted 29th Aug 2009 at 00:14
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Yeah mine did 115k before going and there was loads of life in the plates - the bearing went.

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Posted 29th Aug 2009 at 04:10
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lol that clutch is f*cked.

they make the sachs clutches in a factory on the outskirts of sheffield, thats probably just 1 factory out of loads though. you call the place LUK

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Posted 29th Aug 2009 at 13:38
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well, after 4 days of working on the car (not constantly) its back on the road!

Total cost:

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Posted 30th Aug 2009 at 23:45
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pretty old thread but thought id ask a question, you replaced the ball joints on the wishbone. Were they not riveted on to the wishbone? Mine was and i had to replace the whole part cost like

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Posted 15th Sep 2009 at 01:36
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na mine where bolted on with 3 bolts

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Posted 15th Sep 2009 at 01:45
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pretty old thread but thought id ask a question, you replaced the ball joints on the wishbone. Were they not riveted on to the wishbone? Mine was and i had to replace the whole part cost like

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even if they were, that didn't stop you from replacing the balljoints on their own, 4.5" angle grinder FTW!

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Posted 15th Sep 2009 at 01:58
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yeah i know tried that first and fecked it, lol. but your prob right as the new one i bought was screwed on. problem is i gotta do the other side now so might aswel just buy a new one straight away rather than wasting time trying to angle grind them off.

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Posted 15th Sep 2009 at 21:27
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jose wrote:
Its the original Valeo item and has done just under 70,000 miles

I know it's an old (ish) thread but for reference that's not the factory fitted clutch No

The factory ones had one very long pair of springs and one short pair.

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Posted 16th Sep 2009 at 01:17
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jose

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Rich E wrote:
jose wrote:
Its the original Valeo item and has done just under 70,000 miles

I know it's an old (ish) thread but for reference that's not the factory fitted clutch No

The factory ones had one very long pair of springs and one short pair.


Thats odd, i have a fairly large amount of service history and cant see a bill to say its been changed, but it has had a few owners

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Posted 16th Sep 2009 at 01:19
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Rich E wrote:
jose wrote:
Its the original Valeo item and has done just under 70,000 miles

I know it's an old (ish) thread but for reference that's not the factory fitted clutch No

The factory ones had one very long pair of springs and one short pair.


top and bottom springs look longer to me rich...

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Posted 30th Sep 2009 at 00:35
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Plywood clutch ftw LOL


As for reaplacing the balljoint on the riveted wishbone - just drill the rivets out?

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Posted 30th Sep 2009 at 00:38
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mabgti wrote:
Rich E wrote:
jose wrote:
Its the original Valeo item and has done just under 70,000 miles

I know it's an old (ish) thread but for reference that's not the factory fitted clutch No

The factory ones had one very long pair of springs and one short pair.


top and bottom springs look longer to me rich...

They are, but the ones from the factory fitted friction plate are about twice as long as those.

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Posted 30th Sep 2009 at 01:16
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A photo was posted before about this
Posted 1st Oct 2009 at 01:53
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