chancecasey

Searched, but could not find ANY posts about failed LUK DMF's (OEM 964-114-012-02). Wondering who has the record for most mileage with these babies.

williamreinecke

I'll hijack the thread!

Along the same lines, if I install a new clutch, do I have to install a new flywheel? The conventional wisdom says do not resurface this flywheel. Does that mean just bolt on the new clutch?

I already have the LUK flywheel.

garrett376

If the surface is not pitted and rough, enough thickness remains, and you can see that it's not warped with a straight-edge, I'd just re-use it!

Bill Wagner

The LUK flywheel is the replacement for the problematic Freudenberg flywheel (mine died at 30K, which isn't uncommon ). LUKs will eventually fail too, but I've only heard of it happening once so far.

chancecasey

What was the mileage?

Andy Roe

My LUK failed with about 30,000miles on it. My mechanic said it was the first he'd come across, so it's clearly rare for this to happen.

Bill Wagner

The only LUK I've heard of failing had something like 80K miles on the flywheel, FWIW.

ChuckG

I had my clutch replaced at about 75,000 miles. My mechanic said the flywheel also needed to be replaced. He was surprised, saying that he has seen more failed flywheels on 993s than later model 964s. That is the first (and only) time I've heard of any kind of problem with the later flywheels.

Chuck