Clutch needs replacing again after 4k miles-please help

[cat]

Hi there,
I'm feeling rather depressed today after spending around £600 to get my clutch replaced at a so-called mgr specialist aka Horners at Swinton.

It appears to need doing again properly after only 18months and 4000 miles later.


Does anyone actually know a qualified and competent mechanic capable of doing this job correctly with quality parts in the north-west?
or am I dreaming that such a thing exists?

[MSS]

How about Jules, a forum trader, not far from you.

[marinabrian]

What was done originally, and what is the root cause of the current failure ?

Brian

[cat]

3part clutch fitted, master not replaced, I think if I remember correctly it was a luk but not sure now as its not on the receipt. For the past couple of months I've wondered if the clutch was slipping but then thought maybe I'm being paranoid. Today I went to change gear and got a bit of a crunch and the pedal didn't feel right, hardly any resistance but I got home OK. Looked underneath and could see what looked like clutch fluid dripping from Bell housing. Would be good to take it somewhere local so no need to drive it too far, last time I paid for it to be delivered on a truck to the "specialist". Incidentally I found a couple of 'spare' screws under the bonnet after it was done last time.

[roverbarmy]

Must be a slave failure if it's dripping from the bell housing. Should be under warranty???

[Bogbrush82]

From what I can gather not all garages like to add a warranty unless both the clutch and master cylinder are changed at the same time.

[grivas]

Originally Posted by cat

Hi there,
I'm feeling rather depressed today after spending around £600 to get my clutch replaced at a so-called mgr specialist aka Horners at Swinton.

It appears to need doing again properly after only 18months and 4000 miles later.


Does anyone actually know a qualified and competent mechanic capable of doing this job correctly with quality parts in the north-west?
or am I dreaming that such a thing exists?

Sorry to hear of your troubles.
The first thing to do is contact the garage who carried out the work, and get their response, no clutch should fail this prematurely, unless it was fitted badly or the quality of the materials was poor, or the driver was not using it correctly!.
Have you got a receipt for the work carried out, itemising the work carried out, if so take a look at it this will give you a clue as to quality of materials used, and very importantly EXACTLY what work was carried out and what was fitted, replaced etc. You need to have this conversation with the garage. If they are being helpful fine if not then go to Trading Standards for advice. Good luck.
PS you need to find out exactly what has failed, which component/s!.

[cat]

Originally Posted by grivas

Sorry to hear of your troubles.
The first thing to do is contact the garage who carried out the work, and get their response, no clutch should fail this prematurely, unless it was fitted badly or the quality of the materials was poor, or the driver was not using it correctly!.
Have you got a receipt for the work carried out, itemising the work carried out, if so take a look at it this will give you a clue as to quality of materials used, and very importantly EXACTLY what work was carried out and what was fitted, replaced etc. You need to have this conversation with the garage. If they are being helpful fine if not then go to Trading Standards for advice. Good luck.
PS you need to find out exactly what has failed, which component/s!.

Receipt breakdown just says '3 piece clutch' and labour but I'm 99.9% sure I was told it was a Luk. I'm pretty certain that they told me a 12months warranty so that's expired.
It's not a bad idea to get in touch with the garage, although I don't think they'll be interested even though it's only done 4000 miles because it's past the 12month warranty, might ring them on Monday.