Pd130 golf gearbox change can i reuse old clutch?

[DegsyE39]

Hi all hope you are all good! Im in the middle of a gearbox swap on my mk4 golf gttdi.. i dropped the subframe so i could use my transmission jack dont know how the units on youtube bench press the boxes! Car has a solid flywheel so im guessing i can re use that.. Is the clutch/pressure plate any good though? My first time doing one.. your advice is always valued! Thanks lads

[The Rotrex Kid]

Short answer: Yes, probably

Long answer: Just change it while you have it apart, it’s a few hundred quid you would be glad you spent/be annoyed you didn’t spend it it fails in 6 months.

[keo]

The Rotrex Kid said:

Short answer: Yes, probably

Long answer: Just change it while you have it apart, it’s a few hundred quid you would be glad you spent/be annoyed you didn’t spend it it fails in 6 months.

This 100%

I changed a box on a 106 gti years ago with a mate. A week later we had the box back out putting a clutch init in the snow… it wasn’t fun.

[cliffords]

It does look in good condition but it's not worth the risk.
I would absolutely change it without any doubt. Clean up the flywheel and change the friction plate, pressure plate and release bearing.

[E-bmw]

As above, under these circumstances I would not consider refitting a clutch friction plate & release bearing (as a minimum) unless I had done it myself in the last year on my own car.

[steveo3002]

unless you are dead broke buy a new clutch and hope you never have to man handle that box back on again

[DegsyE39]

Just been drybummed for £376.... new clutch kit on route had to buy the full valeo smf conversion kit.. car was only £350!
Thankfully I've got a transmission jack and I've dropped the subframe so putting back shouldn't be too terrible... touch wood!

thanks chaps

[Tony1963]

So car spares should become cheaper as cars age?

[cliffords]

I have noticed how much spares have increased in cost in the past two years . That and the abundance of hopeless cheap options ,Drivetec as an example from GSF.
Running some low cost vehicles myself I often make the comparison in my head of the value of the parts against that of the vehicle.

[E-bmw]

Tony1963 said:

So car spares should become cheaper as cars age?

What makes you think that?

[DegsyE39]

Tony1963 said:

So car spares should become cheaper as cars age?

Yes! would save me a pretty penny if you can pass the message on to lemforder,meyle,valeo and febi bilstein that would be grand!

[DegsyE39]

cliffords said:

I have noticed how much spares have increased in cost in the past two years . That and the abundance of hopeless cheap options ,Drivetec as an example from GSF.
Running some low cost vehicles myself I often make the comparison in my head of the value of the parts against that of the vehicle.

The costs might be reasonable if i could just get the clutch disc and pressure plate.. but you cant whole valeo kit4p has to be purchased

[E-bmw]

DegsyE39 said:

The costs might be reasonable if i could just get the clutch disc and pressure plate.. but you cant whole valeo kit4p has to be purchased

Don't know if either of these are the right one for you.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/396149027110?_skw=MK4+G...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/296817394601?_skw=MK4+G...

[richhead]

From memory those should have dual mass flywheel on them, and has been converted to a solid flywheel, it might be worth checking that it had a mass damper on the belt end of the crank, its an important thing that is often over looked when removing a dual mass flywheel, as with a solid flywheel there is nothing to absorb vibrations.

[DegsyE39]

E-bmw said:

DegsyE39 said:

The costs might be reasonable if i could just get the clutch disc and pressure plate.. but you cant whole valeo kit4p has to be purchased

Don't know if either of these are the right one for you.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/396149027110?_skw=MK4+G...


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/296817394601?_skw=MK4+G...

I ended up buying the full valeo kit mate.. gonna whack it on tommorow, cheers!