HOW HEAVY IS YOUR CLUTCH

gazmangti · Post by **gazmangti** » Thu May 10, 2007 7:43 pm

I have 51 plate polo gti and since i got it has been heavy. Doesn't really bother me but would be nice if it was lighter or are they all like it anyway?

Cheers

GAZ

GTILass · Post by **GTILass** » Thu May 10, 2007 8:40 pm

mine was heavy and knackered

now have a nice new one and its light as

darranwrx · Post by **darranwrx** » Thu May 10, 2007 8:46 pm

Dont know never tried to lift one

But i bet it's really heavy

Gtilass -by the sounds of it and reading some of ur posts your gti must of been in some s**t mess when u bought it from that guy

its had more work done on it than Jordan !

Sorry about taken over your thread

Gazmangti

gazmangti · Post by **gazmangti** » Thu May 10, 2007 8:52 pm

what clutch was put in it?

ticki · Post by **ticki** » Thu May 10, 2007 9:02 pm

Clutch heavy since 57000 replaced at 65000 with LUK clutch. Light as a feather now.

polo_gti21 · Post by **polo_gti21** » Thu May 10, 2007 9:02 pm

my clutch is nice and light, drove my girlfriends 6n and it feels like im pushing weights down the gym.

GTILass · Post by **GTILass** » Thu May 10, 2007 9:10 pm

gazmangti wrote:what clutch was put in it?

standard vw clutch

darranwrx wrote:Dont know never tried to lift one But i bet it's really heavy

Gtilass -by the sounds of it and reading some of ur posts your gti must of been in some **** mess when u bought it from that guy
its had more work done on it than Jordan !

Sorry about taken over your thread Gazmangti

yup

but shes all gravy now

joshdub · Post by **joshdub** » Thu May 10, 2007 9:16 pm

i was wondering about this the other day, having had a little drive of a gti i will be honest and say the clutch was dissapointingly heavy. think itd get on my nerves (definatley those in my left leg hah)

how much are you looking at to fit a light one ?! like the 'LUK' mentioned above. heard a few makes people have fitted.

GTILass · Post by **GTILass** » Thu May 10, 2007 9:22 pm

joshdub wrote:i was wondering about this the other day, having had a little drive of a gti i will be honest and say the clutch was dissapointingly heavy.

the clutches arent naturally heavy unless they're on their way out

the clutch in comparisson to other vw's is very light

joshdub · Post by **joshdub** » Thu May 10, 2007 9:35 pm

maybe the one i drove had a clutch on the way out then

was mega heavy

gearbox seemed a lil sloppy too.

thing is my golf mk4's clutch is MEGA light, so i dont want to go to somthing thats shocking to drive in traffic.

maybe i should drive a few more before i knock it off the list of choices

joshdub · Post by **joshdub** » Thu May 10, 2007 9:43 pm

how much did that set you back bud?

gazmangti · Post by **gazmangti** » Thu May 10, 2007 9:52 pm

I can do the clutch myself but hate doing them because it brakes my back every time.

I will get a quote from my garage because I just hate doing them.

So how much lighter we talking as light as a mk4 or a bit heavier?

Cheers

Silky V · Post by **Silky V** » Thu May 10, 2007 10:31 pm

I actually prefer a heavier clutch. I can't stand a clutch being too light. I don't know why. I suppose its probably because I drive the family run-a-round and the clutch is pretty hard on that s well.