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Old 08-31-2005, 01:33 PM
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2000 T/A, 55k miles.

My clutch pedal was sticking to the floor, and it would sometimes be hard to get it out of first and reverse. Figured it had to do with the slave/hydraulics.

I got a call back from Cottman Transmission, and they're telling me $1580 for a new slave and master cyl, clutch, pilot and release bearings, resurface the flywheel, and labor.

My extended warranty is only covering the slave cylinder, or $320 of it, which leaves me with about $1260 to pay for everything else.

Also, they're wanting to put a "Luke" clutch in. never heard of them.

That's a big chunk of change.
Old 08-31-2005, 03:38 PM
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Slave should come with the release(throwout) bearing on it from GM. The pilot should be done as part of the slave swap. That leaves the clutch and resurfacing as your bill. The orig equip clutch is now a LUK.
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all i know is that all the cottman places out by me really try and f*ck you over...

take it to a couple of different places and see what they say
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Do it yourself if you can. Thats a hefty labor bill.
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total came out to 1346

can they charge tax on labor?

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Originally Posted by ashzero
2000 T/A, 55k miles.

My clutch pedal was sticking to the floor, and it would sometimes be hard to get it out of first and reverse. Figured it had to do with the slave/hydraulics.

I got a call back from Cottman Transmission, and they're telling me $1580 for a new slave and master cyl, clutch, pilot and release bearings, resurface the flywheel, and labor.

My extended warranty is only covering the slave cylinder, or $320 of it, which leaves me with about $1260 to pay for everything else.

Also, they're wanting to put a "Luke" clutch in. never heard of them.

That's a big chunk of change.
This is why I gave up my mechanic career. Got tired of watching others rip everyone off. I also got in trouble a couple times for giving someone PROPER help when a colleague was trying to make a little extra cash off of them. Apparently, we were in the business of making money at the customer's expense, and the needier the customer, the more money we could squeeze out of them. Actually trying to help people was not company policy.
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Originally Posted by transam1998
This is why I gave up my mechanic career. Got tired of watching others rip everyone off. I also got in trouble a couple times for giving someone PROPER help when a colleague was trying to make a little extra cash off of them. Apparently, we were in the business of making money at the customer's expense, and the needier the customer, the more money we could squeeze out of them. Actually trying to help people was not company policy.
if i had taken it to a performance shop, it would've been a lot cheaper. but i thought i could get it all fixed with the warranty.

**** auto repair shops, and **** warranties.

now i'm going to be late on my car payment.


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