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Title: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
Post by: Ironsides on 17 April 2011, 23:37

So I'm buying some replacement parts, the biggie being a clutch kit. OE for £78, unspecified manufacturer for £55. Will I live to regret it if I use the non-OE replacement?

My car has 59k miles on the clock, so I'm right in thinking it's probably not a bad idea to do the clutch - especially as the transmission is already off? And I want a clutch kit rather than just a clutch plate I take it?

Title: Re: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
Post by: rubjonny on 18 April 2011, 10:45

what car is it?

sachs clutch is same quality as gen vag and i have used them in all of my abf swaps :)

Title: Re: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
Post by: Wayne on 18 April 2011, 10:51

Sachs or Luk will be fine  :smiley:

Title: Re: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
Post by: danny_p on 18 April 2011, 11:30

unspecified manufacturer for £55.   

for the £23 differance i would not fit a clutch from an unspecifyed manufactuer.   

LUK, SACH  are both good clutches but unbranded ones breack very easly  and you'll never get a refund on the cutch let allone the work fittign it

Title: Re: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
Post by: dubdob on 18 April 2011, 21:22

ive just bought a luk 1 from euro car parts for £72 quid my mate says its the best one for this money.

Title: Re: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
Post by: Ironsides on 19 April 2011, 10:12

Hmm, OE or named brand. Sounds like good advice. One of them says make: "OE replacement"...is that OE or just some knock off do you think?

Where is the best place to buy? I have looked on euro car parts, GSF, and car-partsonline. The car is a '97 mk3 engine code AEX. Gah, with VAT everything is more than £100!

I can only find a self-adjusting clutch cable for engine codes ABD/ABU. Reckon that will work for an AEX?

Title: Re: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
Post by: dubdob on 20 April 2011, 06:11

sorry forgot to mention my mate works there, so i get a bit of discount

Title: Re: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
Post by: AudiA8Quattro on 20 April 2011, 09:31

As above, go for branded clutch, i would buy a sachs.
Clutch is a job job you only want to do once.

Title: Re: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
Post by: CupraMarty on 20 April 2011, 10:33

I had a mk3 1.4 AEX mate, Sachs defiantly a safe bet, but i did opt for a Transmech and to be honest seemed good enough quality and had no problem with it in two years.   :smiley:

Title: Re: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
Post by: Ironsides on 20 April 2011, 22:42

All good advice, thanks chaps.

I was talking with my old man and he reckons at 60k miles the clutch should still be OK... it hasn't been misbehaving yet, so I guess it could be...? When do these things wear out? Seeing as I'm a bit strapped for cash I might just leave it until next time...

Title: Re: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
Post by: Wayne on 20 April 2011, 23:54

If you have the gearbox out then fit a new clutch now, daft to put it back together and it then fails next month or something.

Title: Re: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
Post by: Len on 21 April 2011, 09:08

Good advice there Wayne! :shocked:

Title: Re: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
Post by: AudiA8Quattro on 25 April 2011, 23:51

Quote from: Len on 21 April 2011, 09:08

Good advice there Wayne! :shocked:

Is that unusual then?

Title: Re: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
Post by: dubdob on 26 April 2011, 10:46

Quote from: Wayne on 20 April 2011, 23:54

If you have the gearbox out then fit a new clutch now, daft to put it back together and it then fails next month or something.

really good advice believe me you dont want to be taking that damn box out twice!!