TD clutch?
TD clutch?
Searching for options for a clutch kit for Monica (17TXD turbo), and I noticed Euro Car Parts have a GST version for £35, whereas the other option (unnamed, but could be Valeo) is "unavailable" at just over £70.
Anyone know the difference, or if the GST kit would be OK?
I would normally choose a Valeo kit, but really considering the other options, pricewise!
Cheers
Anyone know the difference, or if the GST kit would be OK?
I would normally choose a Valeo kit, but really considering the other options, pricewise!
Cheers
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Thanks for that Ken!
I'm in no real rush to sort it, so I can afford the time to find a cheaper Valeo, or work a few hours more overtime!
IIRC, did someone on here say they had an engine hoist that could be hired/borrowed?
I'm thinking of using a couple of days out of my hols (end of July) to do the clutch and timing belt at the same time, possibly octopus too, if funds allow!
I'm in no real rush to sort it, so I can afford the time to find a cheaper Valeo, or work a few hours more overtime!
IIRC, did someone on here say they had an engine hoist that could be hired/borrowed?
I'm thinking of using a couple of days out of my hols (end of July) to do the clutch and timing belt at the same time, possibly octopus too, if funds allow!
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Damn ! Are they as bad as that ? I bought a clutch on ebay a while back, in an original Citroën box, but it's got LUK stamped on it somewhere.docchevron1472 wrote: LUK are ok if you're really stuck, although I wouldn't fit one to my cars or a customers.
I don't want to waste my time and put a crap clutch on my car
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Well, LUK clutches are OK, but VALEO are better IMHO.
I dont like cars coming back with a problem that I was meant to fix. So I only fit VALEO, and I've never had one come back. EVER.
I dont like cars coming back with a problem that I was meant to fix. So I only fit VALEO, and I've never had one come back. EVER.
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Far too many BX's, a bus, an ambulance a few trucks, not enough time and never enough cash...
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I used to work for Quinton Hazell; who manufacture clutches - what they did is stamp out the metal parts and buy in the friction material (from Valeo) and the release bearings from a variety of sources (including SKF). I would imagine that LuK do the same...
Incedentally, QH sell quite a few LuK clutches, reboxed in their own boxes. I.e. if it was a small runner and not worth tooling up for.
Incedentally, QH sell quite a few LuK clutches, reboxed in their own boxes. I.e. if it was a small runner and not worth tooling up for.
I'd be looking very closely at cheap clutches.
I can't speak for over there, but I know there's one place out here selling "remanufactured" clutches fairly cheaply which he described to me as "look like new; if nobody told you, you'd never tell the difference" but he reckons, so far he hasn't had any come back.
Kind of thing you might "score" on eBay perhaps?
Alan S
I can't speak for over there, but I know there's one place out here selling "remanufactured" clutches fairly cheaply which he described to me as "look like new; if nobody told you, you'd never tell the difference" but he reckons, so far he hasn't had any come back.
Kind of thing you might "score" on eBay perhaps?
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The two Xantia clutches I replaced recently "looked" absolutely fine, plenty of friction material left, the covers even looked silvery and clean, on visual inspection you would have refitted either of them, and they were both fubar, for a genuine citroen boxed item we paid £85 (GSF) and £70 (Lockwoods at the Northern meet, genuine Valeo for me please.
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Xantia Td estate, going soft
Xantia Td estate, going soft