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[AndyStobbs]

Buy the best you can afford not the cheapest you can find. I only fit LUK or valeo clutches. Some of the cheaper has caused me issues in the past.

Thanks Andy. Good advice. I imagine you would include Vauxhall TC units as OK. So the ByPartsBy LUK 3 piece kit at £179.81 inc vat is OK (plus postage?) and the Vx TC kit at £187.22, collect your own.

Sorry yes, genuine parts are included in things I would fit. Moot point though with VX as all of their parts I've seen are LUK anywy but rebranded for vx. Those prices sound reasonable, they are quite an expensive set compared to a lot of other cars.

[ajsphead]

Had to replace the clutch on mine. The Vx price is for exchange only and there weren't any for V6 on the network. New was £500+ on TC. LuK was OE for clutch, slave on mine was a Valeo. Total for the lot was just over £200. Flywheel was fine after 140K.

[terry paget]

I note that the BuyPartsBy LUK kit at £179.81 lists CSC No. 5100000510, inferring it includes the concentric slave cylinder. If this kit also includes the clutch thrust bearing it sounds like good value. Thanks to all for the advice.
To ajsphead, do you by any chance own an AJ Stevens motorcycle and live in Portishead?

[AndyStobbs]

CSC and thrust bearing are sold together. If you buy a CSC it will come with the bearing.

[terry paget]

CSC and thrust bearing are sold together. If you buy a CSC it will come with the bearing.

Thank you. Makes sense, good news.

[terry paget]

Today I rang BuyPartBy to order a kit, bit in vain. The helpful salesman explained that some 2003 3.2 manuals had a 'standard' bearing, while the majority had the combined concentric slave cylinder and bearing system. He could not tell me from the car reg. no. OE03 EWW which mine was. So it appears I must dismantle and find out before I order the clutch kit.

[AndyStobbs]

couldn't be too difficult to find out. If the slave isn't inboard it must be outboard.

[ajsphead]

Hi Terry

Yes I do live in Portishead, but sadly I don't own a AJS motorcycle. I did ride a Honda VTR1000 until last year - sold through lack of use - and there is a chap across the back from me who has a few classic bikes, so you might not be totally wide of the mark.

Anthony

[ajsphead]

My solution was to buy a 2 piece Luk and a slave as the bearing comes with the Valeo slave.

[05omegav6]

couldn't be too difficult to find out. If the slave isn't inboard it must be outboard.

All Omegas have a concentric slave the issue is whether the slave and bearing are one unit or not...rather than if it's actually a Vectra in disguise

Terry, first clutch I fitted to this consisted of LUK friction plate, pressure plate, dmf and slave including bearing.
The second was genuine VX friction plate, pressure plate and bearing. Both the slave and the flywheel were fine. The bearing simply pulled off the slave and the new one pressed straight on

HTH...

[terry paget]

Hi Terry

Yes I do live in Portishead, but sadly I don't own a AJS motorcycle. I did ride a Honda VTR1000 until last year - sold through lack of use - and there is a chap across the back from me who has a few classic bikes, so you might not be totally wide of the mark.

Anthony

I have a friend who used to live in Harrow, Middx., and he ofter used to pass the factory with A.J. Stevens on the roof. Another friend has several 50s Motorcycles, including a 650 Matchless, which I gather is the same as an AJS. I had a couple of Velocettes in those happy days.

[terry paget]

couldn't be too difficult to find out. If the slave isn't inboard it must be outboard.

The way he was talking, it could be inboard but not concentric. If it were outboard I would have noticed. It was certainly outboard on the Senator.

[05omegav6]

couldn't be too difficult to find out. If the slave isn't inboard it must be outboard.

The way he was talking, it could be inboard but not concentric. If it were outboard I would have noticed. It was certainly outboard on the Senator.

Terry, first clutch I fitted to this consisted of LUK friction plate, pressure plate, dmf and slave including bearing.
The second was genuine VX friction plate, pressure plate and bearing. Both the slave and the flywheel were fine. The bearing simply pulled off the slave and the new one pressed straight on

HTH...