My New Clutch Install

[azamataz]

just wanted to say i went to a well known workshop the other day to get a new clutch fitted and they charged me $1000 in labour!! I supplied the clutch, it was a straight in and out job.. y on earth it took 11+ hours is beyond me? also i had to fork out for a new gear boot that was fine 2 days before hand as i had it off doing some work..

I wont flame here.. pm me if you want to know

[R32 _ULTIMATE_WEAPON]

did they say why it took 11 hours as I could do it at home in less time. also you must of been paying them something like $90 an hour. Wouldn't go back to them.

[AzzurrA]

someone saw you coming...

wasn't Mercury Motorsport was it? Wouldn't surprise me if it was

[predator]

you got ripped..

They saw you had an GTR probably and doubled the labour charge. Seems to be the case.

[Links]

11 hours.. and I doubt they had their top guy doing it.. did they have the apprentice doing it..

Sounds like they took someone for a ride.. i'd expect 5 hours MAX..

[azamataz]

yeh i told them i wasnt paying it and eventually got them down to 5 hours labour. But still they should know what there doing. I dont know how to change a clutch but i bet i could have done it in less time

[Konrad]

dan (3lit3 racing) did mine in around 3 hours, including machining the flywheel.

[eMsta]

i heard changing the clutch can be a hard task - but 11 hours seems a bit far fetched.

[predator]

It's not hard at all.. especially if you have a hoist to give you plenty of room to maneuver, and all the other professional tools that a workshop should have. I'm a complete amateur and I could do it in around 5 at the most.

[DOU33]

haha daniel alsodid mine in les than 3 hrs

[RBLUV]

did mine in 3 plus machining flywheel too

[ferni]

yeah thats a rip.

4 hours give or take an hour is all it should take.

[The Dan]

did mine in 3 plus machining flywheel too

I actually do them in 2 hrs if the other guy I work with machines the flywheel while I clean the box up.

GTS4 and Series 1 32 GTR's take an extra 10 minutes because of the extra shaft to remove.

Series 2 and up are a little more tricky because of the pull type setup they have but it isn't much more difficult if you've done it before.

I'd say the workshop that did it didn't know it was a pull type and had major issues removing the box. Still, they are wankers for chargin you for their incompetence. If you had a GTIR pulsar I'd say they did you a favour by only charging 11 but a 33 GTR should be no more than 4.

[frankxinyu]

sounds like a typical high-performance workshop......

[dangerous_daveo]

sounds like a typical high-performance workshop......

Low performance you mean yeah?

[2rismo]

I did my first R33 gts clutch on the floor of my garage with one jack and low car stands - it took less time than that and we struggled with bugger-all tools and took hours to get the top bolt off.

I would've asked the workshop where their hidden cameras were....Thats a joke. Please post here which workshop it was.

NOTICE: You're not defaming them - simply quoting what they said the bill was.

Adrian

[frankxinyu]

Low performance you mean yeah?

Lol, yeah, workshops like these are just what we need in this performance car scene........

[MFC05]

someone saw you coming...

wasn't Mercury Motorsport was it? Wouldn't surprise me if it was

why you had bad exprience with them ??

[The Dan]

why you had bad exprience with them ??

Hasn't everyone?

[Gts-t]

Standard flywheels shouldnt be machined i thought?