[s-cars] FW: clutch issue-95.5 s6

[Evan Levine]

The flywheel _can_ be resurfaced by any good shop. And I've been quoted
under 600 by both shops I've checked with on the labor for the whole ordeal.

Evan
1993 S4
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Dohnal" <wd1 at hevanet.com>
To: "S-car list" <s-car-list at audifans.com>; <rokas at umd.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 2:10 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] FW: clutch issue-95.5 s6


> >The clutch is original, as far as I can tell. Car has 138k miles.
>
> Start saving your nickels (pennies aren't enough).  I know it depends on
how
> the car is driven, but you're about at the upper end of what most of the
> clutches seem to last.  It's good that you bled the system, as many of the
> failures are in the master and/or slave cylinder, and I'll bet that
getting
> the gunky fluid out helps avoid failures.  I've not changed an S-car
clutch
> but from what I hear the transmission R&R is on the very difficult end of
> the scale.  The transmission is very heavy, so this isn't one of the
typical
> put it on jackstands and have 2 people lift it out jobs.
>
> Besides a high labor cost, the flywheel is generally replaced because it
> can't be resurfaced.  If you go with the stock flywheel it really runs up
> the bill.  The PO had my clutch replaced at the dealer 4 years ago and it
> ran almost $3K.  The labor costs were $800 to R&R the transmission, and
$250
> to R&R the master and slave cylinders.  The major parts were master
cylinder
> $210, slave cylinder $130, engine rear seal with flange $80, clutch disc
> $123. pressure plate $295, flywheel $830 (!), release bearing $67, and 6
new
> bolts $67.
>
> Now of course most people don't go to the stealer for this.  I've read a
lot
> of posts saying the job ran listers about $2K.
>
> I really baby my clutch out of fear of what it costs.
>
> Wayne Dohnal
> 1994 S4
>
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