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Just got off the phone after asking about replacing our Honda's clutch. Everywhere i've asked dosen't sell it, only honda. They want 585 quid to do it. We had a tea nose interface at that point, am I being over excited bout' how much that costs?
It does seem a bit steep but most of that will be labour. they may have to drop the engine out to replace it.
Good cars Hondas- they hardly ever go wrong, but it'll cst you when they do.
Have you tried to google for a non-main dealer specialist or maybe try a honda owners forum?
A friend is having a clutch replaced on a Ford Ka for £130 quid today. I had a complete new gearbox fitted in my mini for £600. Both prices are parts and labour.
So just for a clutch it seems a but steep. Sure there's no back street place that can do the job for cheap with a clutch from a scrap car?
What honda is it? That sounds like the Honda Happiness price to me. If its the diesel accord its a specialist job that needs a special tool. Other garages may claim to be able to do it but apperently if they don't get it right it'll wear out again in no time. Something about alighning the springs.
Honda Happyness, kind of an ironic title if I do say so. it's a 1.7 TDCI. Not one garage has managed to quote for it. No appearance in any parts book, German and sweedish, nowhere does it. just Honda. Can't be that hard to find. it the same engine as a Vauxhall Astra!
what honda?? 1.7 tdci what??
If it's the same engine as an Astra, get a GM dealer to do it.
Oh dear, mines due soon, starting to get a bit jumpy on first half mile of the day. Honda Stream 1.7SE here, was hoping it'd be nearer £400
£700 for a Fiat Scudo van
Ouch now i don't feel so bad. It's a civic. Old boys motor, how would the average silver top deal with that sort of shock?
He'd call them nincompoops!
and continue with 'in my day...'
Welcome to the world of modern diesels. Most decent garages will quote to change the flywheel at the same time one the basis that they go sooner or later (in fact, a dead clutch can be a symptom of a dead flywheel), and it's a very expensive job to take everything to bits again when they do.
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A friend is having a clutch replaced on a Ford Ka for £130 quid today. I had a complete new gearbox fitted in my mini for £600. Both prices are parts and labour.
Completely different technology. A Ka is horribly tightly packaged from the top, but it's basically Ford Fiesta kit - the clutch kit is cheap and the flywheel is a normal piece of steel / cast iron.
DMFs are ****ing awful - all to gain a bit of acceleration !
give me agricultural anyday ....
my 06 partners (non turbo) is going to have a DMF isnt it 🙁
what sort of milages are on these civics ?
DMFs are fitted to pretty much everything these days. They only seem to fail a lot on diesels, which makes sense as they're lower revving and produce more torque, in a more spikey fashion than petrols. Hence the need for DMFs / very heavy flywheels on diesels in order to reduce drivetrain stresses / vibration.
DMFs are pants.
On Fords you can buy a new (old style) solid flywheel and clutch cheaper than the DMF.
Increased reliability for less cost?? wonder which way people go... Still would be a lot cheaper if they didn't fit the DMF in the first place!
Hazy memory.... aren't there problems if you fit a solid flywheel to drivetrain designed for DMF? I'm sure I've read of gearbox problems or some such as a result.
I'm sure the clutch is slipping in our 06 2l TDCI Focus. Just ignoring it at the mo...
I know a good mechanic who doesn't charge an arm and a leg. He's in Wakefield, West Yorks. I can ask him for you if this is within travelling distance for you?
I just don't wear clutches out in the first place then they don't cost to change them, I bought a Citroen BX with a slipping clutch years ago, just treated it gently and did another 70,000 miles on it.
My Kia Sedona would rip through its clutch in a matter of days if I were stupid with it, its 2.9 and 300lb ft torque. I just drive in an appropriate gear.
I've never had a clutch changed in any of my vans my last one did 350,000 miles when I sold it. Still on its original clutch.
I just don't wear clutches out in the first place then they don't cost to change them, I bought a Citroen BX with a slipping clutch years ago, just treated it gently and did another 70,000 miles on it.
There goes a man who doesn't have a diesel with a DMF. The DMF goes, which then transmits massive torque spikes through the clutch, making it slip more and more. Nothing to do with the driver's technique at all.
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I just don't wear clutches out in the first place then they don't cost to change them, I bought a Citroen BX with a slipping clutch years ago, just treated it gently and did another 70,000 miles on it.
Me too. I've run cars from 0 to 150k on original clutch and I have never had a clutch replaced on any vehicle I have owned.
The Focus is my wife's car an she drives like a Vicar with a short right leg. In this case, it's not user abuse, it's a sign of the times...
Sounds about right price wise, I had one done on a Honda Vti and that was £485 from memory, it's the labour that makes it costly, something like 8 hours as the clutch is attached to the gearbox which then means they also have to change the gearbox fluid which is only available from Honda dealers.
oh bugger, the clutch is closet to 600 the DMF is 260 on top. Whats the betting they 'find' it 'needs' replacing?
You can't have everything - if you want diesels with masses of power, torque, low CO2 (which means direct injection) and refinement then you need a DMF (especially for the refinement).
Maybe we shouldn't mention the reliability of Lambda sensors and all the other cludges needed to make petrol engines function?......
I know the cost seems pretty steep, but compared to some other dealer rip offs for menial items it seems half decent. If you don't like it then have the fun of skinned knuckles and do it yourself (and as a one-off job it will take you about 3 times longer and have no warranty).
clutch on my alfa cost about that
when the gearbox went a week later that cost twice as much....
Bargain, Toyota wanted £1200 + parts to do my clutch on the (1991) GT4 🙂 Did it myself and changed the gearbox at the same time!
Tron I've had two diesel transits with DMF's, one DMF fell to pieces at 20,000 miles and was replaced under warranty but apart from that I've done hundreds of thousands of miles on them.
I replaced the clutch on my HDi Pug 307 and the trade price to me was £360.
Some 8,000 miles later and the release bearing has started to squeal like a pig unless I part dip the pedal to remove any play.
Looks like more work and expense I could do without.
cars have turned into disposable items, like rear mechs etc..
cheap to make, expensive to maintain.