Jetpilot

Hey - thanks bud.

Oops - been awhile but I have a total of 1283.49 - Not 1,100.00

This was for:

Clutch Repair Kit
RMS replaced
IMS Removed and reinstalled - replaced flanged
Shaft Housing
Shaft seal ring
Seal Ring
Mobil 1
Alum Seal Ring

ivangene

Not bad! I was thinking it was going to be really high!! If I DIY I might not save enough to make it worth my time, then again... I like a good feeling of doing it (unless I hate that I did it wrong... LOL)

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Lerxst

At $1100, I would have somebody else do it. I went with the DIY because I was looking at over $3500 up here, where the dealership is about the only place you can take the car. At 45K miles, the DMF looked fine so I didn't touch it and had no problems since. If there was an issue, I found a local qualified machine shop willing to machine the surface for $50.

dallasboats

You are being taken for a ride

Macster

I do business with sends flywheels out for resurfacing unless inspection indicates some other condition renders flywheel not reusable. (Cracks, excessive overheating, etc.)

Another dealership I approached about doing a clutch job on my 02 Boxster (with just over 200,000 miles on its original clutch and yes I'm bragging a bit...) says it either simply reuses the original flywheel if inspection doesn't turn up anything amiss with no resurfacing other than roughing up flywheel friction surface with coarse grit silicon carbide abrasive paper or if inspection determines flywheel not reusable replaces the flywheel.

I was told resurfacing removes material (naturally) and this weakens the flywheel. Yes, but there's generally a minimum thickness call out (like for brake rotors) but person I was speaking with I didn't feel was qualified to know enough for sure to continue so I didn't press on this issue.

He also mentioned that any overheating even if minimal results in cracks and this renders flywheel not reusable. Well, no. Some overheating is ok as long as not excessive and deep. If deep enough and widespread enough flywheel friction surface has varying coefficient of friction and smooth clutch engagement will never occur and even with new clutch car will be a pain to drive.

But if shallow, small in area, overheating areas not a real problem and with proper resurfacing most if not all of these will be removed.

I've resurfaced my share of flywheels (ex-machinist) and if not cracked or over heated to severely or under sized are perfectly suitable for resurfacing.

I suspect some shops just don't want to bother with resurfacing and the increased risk of some complication from this affecting customer's satisfaction with 'clutch job'. Also, dealership avoid the ugliness that will ensue after customer brings car back having to explain flywheel at fault and oh that's another $1500 (parts/labor) to replace flywheel.

Don't know what I'm going to do. I would prefer to reuse the old flywheel if it is reusable. I'm tempted to take car to dealership where they routinely send these out for resurfacing. Not tempted to just replace flywheel with new due to cost. Do not want to replace with LWFW either. May be ok for track use but street use I don't want to deal with a more easily stalled engine and the transmission rattle that can come from LWFW installation.

May approach dealership that simply reuses old flywheel -- if reusable -- with maybe some manual roughing up and get a quote of a discount on new flywheel if old one proves to be not reusable. Thus I know going in what I'm facing.

OTOH, I've managed 200,000+ miles from clutch/flywheel. If I keep car and likely I will and have clutch replaced I intend to get another 200,000 miles out of car and of course new clutch. If a new flywheel is necessary I don't necessarily feel this is out of the ordinary. A new flywheel would go a long way to ensuring the next 200,000 miles is as trouble-free (at least in the clutch department) as the previous 200,000 miles.

Sincerely,

Macster.