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Offline Ironsides

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Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
« 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?
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Offline rubjonny

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Re: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
« Reply #1 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 :)
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Re: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
« Reply #2 on: 18 April 2011, 10:51 »
Sachs or Luk will be fine  :smiley:
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Re: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
« Reply #3 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
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Re: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
« Reply #4 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.
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Offline Ironsides

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Re: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
« Reply #5 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?

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Re: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
« Reply #6 on: 20 April 2011, 06:11 »
sorry forgot to mention my mate works there, so i get a bit of discount
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Offline AudiA8Quattro

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Re: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
« Reply #7 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.
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Re: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
« Reply #8 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:
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Offline Ironsides

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Re: Bit of advice - OE vs replacement clutch
« Reply #9 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...
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