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Cobber said:
Quite a few horror stories, Recon parts as opposed to new parts is one
Sf_Manta said:
I've dealt with Mr Clutch before, and would never want to again 
They apparently use cheapo reconditioned clutches after i talked to another garage, and can confirm since i got the clutch last october, it's judders and squeels when being used ever since it was installed.
The previous clutch was one of theirs as well and that had 2 snapped springs in the friction plate.
More to the point, they left my starter motor hanging loose on one bolt!
which after i'd tightened up, the damage had been done to the ring gear on the flywheel and the car now sounds like a bag of spanners starting up. 
The people they use seem like a bunch of unqualified people they've pulled in from an agency, and the manager i dealt with wouldn't own up to the damage they done to my car (1 dent in the door, one sill dented badly plus the flywheel damage)
I'm now in the process of replacing all the parts and will be doing the job myself after my placement finishes, if i wasn't so stuffed up financially and with university work, i'd be seeking to take them to the small claims court on this.
Mr Clutch in short = utter s
t and a bunch of fking rip off merchents!
Quick search brought this thread up:They apparently use cheapo reconditioned clutches after i talked to another garage, and can confirm since i got the clutch last october, it's judders and squeels when being used ever since it was installed.
The previous clutch was one of theirs as well and that had 2 snapped springs in the friction plate.
More to the point, they left my starter motor hanging loose on one bolt!
which after i'd tightened up, the damage had been done to the ring gear on the flywheel and the car now sounds like a bag of spanners starting up. The people they use seem like a bunch of unqualified people they've pulled in from an agency, and the manager i dealt with wouldn't own up to the damage they done to my car (1 dent in the door, one sill dented badly plus the flywheel damage)
I'm now in the process of replacing all the parts and will be doing the job myself after my placement finishes, if i wasn't so stuffed up financially and with university work, i'd be seeking to take them to the small claims court on this.
Mr Clutch in short = utter s
t and a bunch of fking rip off merchents! http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Edited by soad on Tuesday 25th May 17:46
I wouldn't TBH. I went their once, providing all the parts and the car had to go in a few times afterwards and it never felt the same again. Admittedly it was a classic BMW but I trusted my dad's advice of it being bread and butter stuff for such a company, and their quote was competitive. Last time I'll ask him...
They also replaced the brake lines and master cylinder on the car at the same time. Once I got the car back I noticed that the brake fluid level was constantly dropping. My brother thought they could need rebleeding, so took off the wheels to discover that one of the bleed nipples was 1/4 turn loose and had been pissing out fluid under braking.
Went and had a word with the manager. He went a bit pale when I told him what happened and all further necessary work was done free.
All in all, I'd wouldn't recommend them.
They also replaced the brake lines and master cylinder on the car at the same time. Once I got the car back I noticed that the brake fluid level was constantly dropping. My brother thought they could need rebleeding, so took off the wheels to discover that one of the bleed nipples was 1/4 turn loose and had been pissing out fluid under braking.
Went and had a word with the manager. He went a bit pale when I told him what happened and all further necessary work was done free.
All in all, I'd wouldn't recommend them.
I had a very bad experience with them. My car mysteriously failed its MOT on a couple of points I'd checked that very morning with them offering to put them right for a small fee, plus the clutch came back slipping! Wouldn't touch them with a long anthrax-covered, electrified cattle prod personally.
My MR2 had an invoice for them for a complete clutch kit (friction plate, pressure plate and thrust bearing) and a flywheel skim, about 15k previously. Can't remember what the total was but it wasn't especially cheap.
When I came to change the gearbox, I found that the pressure plate and thrust bearing were the somewhat worn Toyota originals -the fingers were about 75% of the proper thickness where the thrust bearing ran, only the friction plate had been replaced, and the flywheel certainly hadn't been skimmed.
On a friends car, I found that they had totally mangled the allen-headed presure plate retaining bolts, and rather than replace them, had refitted them by clamping them in molegrips. Getting them off again was fun
In my experience - not with a bargepole.
When I came to change the gearbox, I found that the pressure plate and thrust bearing were the somewhat worn Toyota originals -the fingers were about 75% of the proper thickness where the thrust bearing ran, only the friction plate had been replaced, and the flywheel certainly hadn't been skimmed.
On a friends car, I found that they had totally mangled the allen-headed presure plate retaining bolts, and rather than replace them, had refitted them by clamping them in molegrips. Getting them off again was fun
In my experience - not with a bargepole.
They tried to screw me for a new dual mass flywheel that I didn't need.
They had my car in bits for three days because they had difficulty accepting that I wasn't going to let them screw me for a new flywheel.
After taking payment they refused to guarantee the clutch because I hadn't let them screw me for a new flywheel. (They said I would be back in a week for another clutch... Well I did 40k in four years before I sold the car on you losers!)
They left oily boot prints on my boot carpet and on an umbrella that had been in the boot FFS!
They lost the securing clips for the battery cover.
They broke the control knobs for the centre dasboard airvents.
They denied responsibility for dinging the bodywork.
I wanted to burn them down.
They had my car in bits for three days because they had difficulty accepting that I wasn't going to let them screw me for a new flywheel.
After taking payment they refused to guarantee the clutch because I hadn't let them screw me for a new flywheel. (They said I would be back in a week for another clutch... Well I did 40k in four years before I sold the car on you losers!)
They left oily boot prints on my boot carpet and on an umbrella that had been in the boot FFS!
They lost the securing clips for the battery cover.
They broke the control knobs for the centre dasboard airvents.
They denied responsibility for dinging the bodywork.
I wanted to burn them down.
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