[kirstyandgrace]

Any handy folks out there ??

No clutch, I want it fixed.

Cash is good

[MacDaddy]

kirstyandgrace wrote:

Any handy folks out there ??

No clutch, I want it fixed.

Cash is good

X 2
Mine is on its last legs too, Suzistore quotes $1000 for a clutch but at least if it stuffs up, you can take it back to them no charge !

[MrRocky]

faark that a heavy duty clutch from the suzuki shop in beckingham is like $285 and prob about another $300 to fit. I got a local workshop to do my last h/d one, it cost me about $600 fitted.

[MacDaddy]

MrRocky wrote:

faark that a heavy duty clutch from the suzuki shop in beckingham is like $285 and prob about another $300 to fit. I got a local workshop to do my last h/d one, it cost me about $600 fitted.

Yep i know the place, been there a few times for 2nd hand parts, that place really doesnt give me alot of confidence in their ability to fix anything...
Jeez $285 that cant be new surely... do you have a Sierra or a Vit, i think there would be some price difference there, i have a Vit...

[Ben_Sierra]

Suzistore sell new HD Sierra clutches around that price...

And for the Carby vitara they sell standard clutches for $214...

Its on their website...

[MacDaddy]

Ben_Sierra wrote:

Suzistore sell new HD Sierra clutches around that price...

And for the Carby vitara they sell standard clutches for $214...

Its on their website...

Yep just checked them out, they are Clutch Kits, not a whole new clutch dont know if that makes much difference...
But yeah the HD clutch kit is $375, i would probably go with that one, especially the way i drive it !

[bakerboy]

hehe clutches are cost price+ 10% for me as said, tell them to go fork themselves if they want 1000, hell anything over 800 seeing as thats how much i have been quoted for a pajero clutch before and its alot easier for a zook than a mitsi

[MrRocky]

whilst the suzuki shop may not look as flash as suzistore, pete the guy who runs it can beat suzistores price by 30-40% normally, they have raced heaps of suzuki's in india for 3 months at a time.
They just finished a mates 1.6 16v conversion for $4500 with hd clutch
compared with $7500+ suzistore quoted.
Suzistore have all the parts on the shelf and can normally have your car in and out in the same day no matter what, thats the only reason i use them.

[Ben_Sierra]

I have heard stories about people getting engines from the Suzuki shop... Suffice to say that if I ever get an engine conversion done, it won't be done in Beckenham...

[MrRocky]

many will say the same about suzistores rebuilt engines that spin bearings after 5,000 kays, im sure there are a few bad cases on both fronts.

[Stuey]

Been to Suzuki Shop twice. Both times were and wasted hour of my life I will never get back. Needless to say I wont make the mistake a third time.

Dont go to Suzuki SHop if you ever want to buy a steel front diff housing out of a Grand Vit. Pete (aka I know everything about Suzukis and you dont know what ur talking about) seems to think no Grand Vitara ever came out with a Steel Front diff. And he should know cos hes been pulling apart Zooks for 25 years..... blah blah blah blah crap crap crap..... you get the idea. He even said hes had many people ask about them and doesnt understand where people are getting misinformed as they dont exist.

Yeah.....whatever.

[Joe]

You tell em Stuey

[BJPK]

all i know is suzistore is damn expensive for everything
usually premier suzuki is cheaper for parts and thats genuine

[kirstyandgrace]

No body wants a cash job then ??

A local mechanic workshop (not used but recommended) has quoted me $700.

I'm not necessarly looking to save money, I have just seen a few people advertising their services, so I figure worth asking

[Joe]

$700 is not a bad price thats what i got quoted for my clutch

[MrRocky]

must be the season for doing clutches, mine died a terrible death on the way home today, anything over 1/4 throttle and it would rev up to 5 grand instantly. Ordered a h/d clutch, rear main and imput g/box seal from pete at the suzuki shop $280 all up inc gst, cant argue with that.
Standard clutches are $180, hd is $240

[steak_knife]

kirstyandgrace wrote:

No body wants a cash job then ??

A local mechanic workshop (not used but recommended) has quoted me $700.

I'm not necessarly looking to save money, I have just seen a few people advertising their services, so I figure worth asking

I'll do it!!!

If you were in Briz.

[russty_2008]

do it yourself will only cost you 150 piece of cake and its easy me and a mate did mine in 4 hours only one carton of piss ha ha

[kirstyandgrace]

steknig wrote:

kirstyandgrace wrote:

No body wants a cash job then ??

A local mechanic workshop (not used but recommended) has quoted me $700.

I'm not necessarly looking to save money, I have just seen a few people advertising their services, so I figure worth asking

I'll do it!!!

If you were in Briz.

Road trip ?????

The DIY option won't fly. I have neither the room, time, tools or skills for this.

I am pretty handy when it comes to emptying cartons of piss though