Bazo
Member Since: 21 Sep 2019
Location: Merseyside
Posts: 9
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Sorry in the delay in replying to my own thread I have been crazy busy.
Yesterday I emailed Schaeffler ( the maker or group owner of LuK ) and received a reply,
below is a copy of the my email and a description of their reply,
Dear Sir or Madam,
I was hoping you might be able to help with information regarding the correct clutch and dual mass flywheel that should be fitted to my car.
The reason for this enquiry is because a local garage that I instructed to change the dual mass flywheel, clutch and slave cylinder on my car have I believe changed them for an earlier year group. Upon questioning the reason behind NOT fitting the correct DMF, clutch and slave cylinder for my car as indicated on webcat.schaeffler.com I was informed that if all components are changed it will not matter what year group of parts are fitted, as long as they are not mixed together e.g., newer clutch with older DMF. I did ask them to check that they had the correct information before they commenced the work and I was repeatedly informed that they (the garage who undertook the work) had asked their suppliers and each time they were informed that the parts they ordered for my car where indeed correct.
I would be grateful if you may be able to tell myself if the parts fitted are correct OR whether the parts installed are incorrect and what detrimental effect it might have to my car.
Vehicle make- Land Rover Freelander 2 2014 model year
Part Vin Number SALFA2CC6EH389…
LuK dual mass flywheel fitted to car 415 0484 10
LuK clutch Kit RepSet Pro fitted to car 625 3074 33
I was under the impression that the above parts Should only be fitted up to VIN number AH999999 and as my vehicles VIN number is clearly above that, then the part numbers stated below should have been fitted instead. If this is the case might you please comment on why they are required instead of the parts listed that have been fitted to my vehicle, as the garage are addiment that they are only following what their suppliers have informed them and they believe they have fitted the correct parts.
LuK dual mass flywheel 415 0613 10
LuK clutch Kit RepSet Pro 625 3140 33
I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter.
Kind Regards,
and Schaeffler (LuK)
1./Basically both "clutch sets" are the same size
2./Mine should of had the later set as the cut off point for the earlier DMF and clutch set is .VIN number AH999999
3./The difference in the later DMF and clutch set has different internal dampening to take into account the different torque characteristics of the later engine
and if the earlier one is used it will fail prematurely.
The reason I have not just copied and pasted the reply email is there is a disclaimer about re distribution etc!
So no matter who, or what either myself or anyone else has been told THERE IS a difference,
To be honest its been a couple of weeks since the work was completed and maybe I am just being paranoid BUT,
(and I would be grateful if someone else might be able to tell me if this is normal)
.The clutch has a low biting point approximately 1 1/2 inches (38mm) from the bottom of the pedal travel.
.It is a pain in stop start traffic, very harsh engagement of the gear if the clutch pedal is not raised/ accelerator applied very slowly.
.There seems to be no "easing it into gear" it is either in or out of gear.
.And there seems to be a slight vibration in the clutch pedal itself.
Finally just a thought but if the dampening is not strong enough OR to strong what other damage might this do?
Hope this helps and again sorry in the late reply
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5th Feb 2021 7:50 pm |
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