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Its getting harder and harder for me to select gears now, mainly reverse, I get abit of a crunch. Is this a sign the my clutch is nearing the end of its life or just the cable? The cars done 93,000miles now and Ive not had it changed since I owned the car since 30,000 miles.

What is the likely cost to have it replaced at an indy?

About £200 - £300

£100 for the clutch and the rest for labour..

Make sure you get a good clutch like Sachs, Vaelo or LUK.

How stiff is your pedal? have you tried adjusting the clutch cable?

MrP wrote:About £200 - £300

£100 for the clutch and the rest for labour..

Make sure you get a good clutch like Sachs, Vaelo or LUK.

How stiff is your pedal? have you tried adjusting the clutch cable?

Thats around the figure I had in my head for some reason. The indy I use, uses genuine parts, I will check the brand, but i guess it'll be one of the ones you mention.

The pedal doesn't seem to of got any stiffer. I've not adjusted the cable at all. I'll have a read up on how to do that.

Vaelo is OEM I think.

Literally on the top of your gearbox you'll see the cable, and a black nut style thing, it may be stiff, but you can rotate that to tighten or slacken the cable.. Try tightening it..

Cheers I'll give that a go first. If theres no improvement, I'll take it down the garage and see what they think.

Valeo LUK and Sachs are all OEM brands - it just depends whats available for that batch

Cheers Alex. They get there bits from TPS as its just around the corner.

Vw clutches are expensive though. It may be worth getting a price from gsf as they are the same parts

I just had a valco clutch fitted as my gearbox was being done again. Cost me £120 all in!

I paid £180 for a sachs Clutch fitted with two year parts an labour warranty from mr clutch. Try getting a quote online

Thanks