Clutch Questions?

[dirkdiggler]

My Clutch is slipping when I am in 4th and 5th gear...its not horrible but very obvious..... if I take it easy on it, How long can I continue to drive the car before the clutch no longer works?? days, week, month??

Where is the cheapest place to buy a Sachs Clutch?? found Sachs for $340
Where is the cheapest place to buy a Flywheel?? Found LUK brand for $520

What does it typically cost to have a flywheel resurfaced? and what type of shops are able too do it?

thanks guys

[Spinnaker]

The dual mass flywheel cannot be resurfaced if it is damaged. It must be replaced. This is one of the costs of owning a Boxster.

[coreseller]

That ebay price is as good as you're going to find, at least it was a few months ago when I bought mine. Spinnaker is right, you cannot have the dual mass flywheel resurfaced. You can clean it up with a palm sander / die grinder and several abrasive discs (like I did, only 38k miles on it though). There is a procedure to check if your flywheel is within spec, it measures the deflection between the two metal sections.

"Can the DMF be twisted by approx. 15 mm to both the left and the right, and does it then return to approximately its initial position?" -- then the flywheel is good.

"Can the DMF be twisted beyond the dimension stated above (excessive turn) without a noticeable increase in the spring force?" or "Is the DMF fixed (can not be twisted)?" -- then the flywheel is bad.

Hope this helps....

[dirkdiggler]

Hi

thanks guys

I see others saying that they have had theirs re-surfaced.........

Is it impossible to resurface them or will shops just not do it?

[JoeFromPA]

A shop should not re-surface a well-used, well-aged dual mass flywheel period. For a relatively newer DM flywheel, a shop MIGHT smooth out the surface as coreseller described.

[dirkdiggler]

Considering my Clutch is slipping in 4th and 5th gear ...... does that generally mean the flywheel is destroyed?

and

How long can I drive it while it slips a little? days, weeks.....months??