Taking it to the dealer
Taking it to the dealer Has anyone ever taken there car to the dealer to change their clutch? How hard is it for a mechanic to change it out? How much am I expecting for labor? Will they let me install an aftermarket clutch?
if you take it to the dealership i'm sure they'll do a good job, BUT you are going to pay an OUTRAGEOUS amount for the labor!
i did mine in my driveway, so it wouldn't be a problem for a privately owned shop to do it. just find yourself a shop with a good reputation to do it, and they'll put any clutch you want into your car, and they won't charge you near as much labor as the dealership.
i did mine in my driveway, so it wouldn't be a problem for a privately owned shop to do it. just find yourself a shop with a good reputation to do it, and they'll put any clutch you want into your car, and they won't charge you near as much labor as the dealership.
Originally Posted by 2000TransAmWS6
if you take it to the dealership i'm sure they'll do a good job, BUT you are going to pay an OUTRAGEOUS amount for the labor!
i did mine in my driveway, so it wouldn't be a problem for a privately owned shop to do it. just find yourself a shop with a good reputation to do it, and they'll put any clutch you want into your car, and they won't charge you near as much labor as the dealership.
i did mine in my driveway, so it wouldn't be a problem for a privately owned shop to do it. just find yourself a shop with a good reputation to do it, and they'll put any clutch you want into your car, and they won't charge you near as much labor as the dealership.
they will take about 3 days to do it.. and charge you 800$ in labor alone..
its really not that hard... i had never changed a clutch in my car before and now i have done it 3 times..
you will need to get the car up as high as possible for one, 2 you need a good jack to help lower the trans to get it out.. you need a torque wrench to tighten down the bolts on the clutch to the flywheel...
all together.. i had it pulled out.. clutch changed, bled.. and put back together in about 12 hours... i did it all by myself.. i even got the trans back in by myself with an ordinary jack, a flat piece of wood and 2 smaller ones nailed down so the trans wont roll over...my advice.. have a friend help with the intall
its really not that hard... i had never changed a clutch in my car before and now i have done it 3 times..
you will need to get the car up as high as possible for one, 2 you need a good jack to help lower the trans to get it out.. you need a torque wrench to tighten down the bolts on the clutch to the flywheel...
all together.. i had it pulled out.. clutch changed, bled.. and put back together in about 12 hours... i did it all by myself.. i even got the trans back in by myself with an ordinary jack, a flat piece of wood and 2 smaller ones nailed down so the trans wont roll over...my advice.. have a friend help with the intall
Originally Posted by GR33N GoblinM6
they will take about 3 days to do it.. and charge you 800$ in labor alone..
its really not that hard... i had never changed a clutch in my car before and now i have done it 3 times..
you will need to get the car up as high as possible for one, 2 you need a good jack to help lower the trans to get it out.. you need a torque wrench to tighten down the bolts on the clutch to the flywheel...
all together.. i had it pulled out.. clutch changed, bled.. and put back together in about 12 hours... i did it all by myself.. i even got the trans back in by myself with an ordinary jack, a flat piece of wood and 2 smaller ones nailed down so the trans wont roll over...my advice.. have a friend help with the intall
its really not that hard... i had never changed a clutch in my car before and now i have done it 3 times..
you will need to get the car up as high as possible for one, 2 you need a good jack to help lower the trans to get it out.. you need a torque wrench to tighten down the bolts on the clutch to the flywheel...
all together.. i had it pulled out.. clutch changed, bled.. and put back together in about 12 hours... i did it all by myself.. i even got the trans back in by myself with an ordinary jack, a flat piece of wood and 2 smaller ones nailed down so the trans wont roll over...my advice.. have a friend help with the intall
I had never done it before, it took me all day with a friend. Now that I have done it a few times, I can do it in half the time. However, if you are set on taking it to the dealer, as everyone else said, get ready to pay outrageous labor costs. Dealership is charging me $700 to replace the clutch in my corvette. It shouldnt be that expensive for an Fbody but its probably a good bit!
FWIW: I checked with a few private shops around town....they all wanted between $650 and $750 to put a clutch in a corvette...once again, an fbody may be different
FWIW: I checked with a few private shops around town....they all wanted between $650 and $750 to put a clutch in a corvette...once again, an fbody may be different
Well I usually take it to a non-dealer, I have known this one dealer for a long time(partial kin) Anway to do the clutch,master,slave,and new poly motor mounts, they installed the 0Z700 (also the guy did the drill mod for me 
) total out the door was 561.00 not real bad. Took them 3 days.
This other guy I know would have done it for 200.00 but sometimes it takes him longer.
I have helped a friend do his clutch in his lt1, it took about 3 of us. It was a big pain I thought and if I was all alone to do it, I'm pretty sure I would not been able to do it. Everybody does this out in there yard, but dont' be fooled its not like changing the oil. I don't want to discourage anybody from doing there own, but with limited wrench experience I feel like it could be more difficult than most other guys (who are more gearheads) let on this job to be.
) total out the door was 561.00 not real bad. Took them 3 days. This other guy I know would have done it for 200.00 but sometimes it takes him longer.
I have helped a friend do his clutch in his lt1, it took about 3 of us. It was a big pain I thought and if I was all alone to do it, I'm pretty sure I would not been able to do it. Everybody does this out in there yard, but dont' be fooled its not like changing the oil. I don't want to discourage anybody from doing there own, but with limited wrench experience I feel like it could be more difficult than most other guys (who are more gearheads) let on this job to be.
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You should really try to do this yourself. There are plenty of writeups to help you out. Its really worth the experience. One thing i can really recommend is having a transmission jack though, or at the very least a couple of jacks and a friend helping you. The transmission is the biggest pain in the *** in a clutch swap.
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