Clutch advice - why it failed

[GavinPearson]

jac-in-a-box said:

GavinPearson said:

That Daddy said:

The cause of clutch failure may be in that last post somewhere rest assured LUK will find out whos to blame.

I think that the odds are that LuK will say it isn't their fault.

Why do you say that Gavin? Are you suggesting that LUK would say it's failed through incorrect fitting?
So far, earlier posts suggest that failure is unlikely to be caused by aggressive driving - which I'm confident is not the case.

I really need to know what stance to adopt should the specialist be asking for further ££'s...I'll seek advice from CAB, but would be eager to hear the views of contributors to this thread.

First of all we are assuming an LuK part was fitted and it may not have been. Then we are assuming that the clutch fitted was rated to accept the torque of the engine. Assuming that these are both OK, a clutch manufacturer would say that any evidence of grease on the disc indicates a fitting issue. And so the list will go on.....

When it goes to court, who are people going to believe?

A 'specialist' garage or a world renowned clutch manufacturer?

I think you are best off suing the 'specialist' in small claims court and take the car to a BMW dealer.

[jac-in-a-box]

GavinPearson said:

First of all we are assuming an LuK part was fitted and it may not have been. Then we are assuming that the clutch fitted was rated to accept the torque of the engine. Assuming that these are both OK, a clutch manufacturer would say that any evidence of grease on the disc indicates a fitting issue. And so the list will go on.....

When it goes to court, who are people going to believe?

A 'specialist' garage or a world renowned clutch manufacturer?

I think you are best off suing the 'specialist' in small claims court and take the car to a BMW dealer.

Thanks Gavin - a few assumptions there, but I'm hoping the the correct clutch was fitted.

I think I need to get in the loop with the manufacturer as to what their findings will be and take it from there.

Personally, I'll have no difficulty in believing the manufacturer over the specialist given his recent performance.If I can get a definitive answer from LUK, it'll be interesting compare what filters down from the LUK>factor>specialist>kid...I could almost (cynically) imagine that a failure due to fitting issues could morph into clutch abused scenario with a request for cash from specialist