Has anyone else had their clutch changed by Mr Clutch? Seems that they always change the flywheel!!!?

Took my VW to mr clutch today and was told that the flywheel was cracked and needed to be changed before they could fit the new clutch. I went ahead and it was fitted - the bill for this came to 拢580!

Later on in the day i looked at google and found that hundreds of posting where mr clutch had done the same thing. Is it really that common that the flywheel needs changing?

I asked to look at the original flywheel and could barely see any scratches. The centre part moved about an inch which i was told was also are reason for it being replaced.

Have i been ripped off? Feel pretty fed up!
Has anyone else had their clutch changed by Mr Clutch? Seems that they always change the flywheel!!!?
I do not know about Mr Clutch or their practices. However, if your VW is one of the older aircooled VW'is then I would definitely say that if the ring gear was not worn - you are being ripped off. On the AC VW's the starter motor ring gear is an integral part of the flywheel (not a shrink fit). When the ring gear gets damaged you can skim the ring gear once, and the second time that it gets worn you have to replace it.



Sorry - see now that you say that they stated that it was cracked. I cannot quite visualise the section that you state moved about an inch - can't see how a crack in a flywheel allowing anywhere near that type of movement (unless it was broken and this is also difficult to visualise).



Must admit that I have never come across a cracked flywheel yet in all my years as a 'hobby' mechanic. Would be interesting to see a photo of this cracked flywheel.
Has anyone else had their clutch changed by Mr Clutch? Seems that they always change the flywheel!!!?
It really depends on how far gone the clutch was. If the clutch totally fails it can do damage to the flywheel since the clutch presses directly on the flywheel. If the clutch has just reached the end of it's life and hasn't totally failed yet, the flywheel really should not need to be replaced.
We would routinely resurface the flywheel on every clutch job. They wear with little ridges which shortly cut thru the new clutch till all the surfaces touch and provide the internal grip a clutch needs to do it job for another 60 thousand or more miles. With out a resurface -you loose a lot of miliage and the unit may chatter when engauging.



As for the price, it sounds like a lot of money, but a friend here in the states just paid $1000 for that same job on a chevy.

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