2014/64 Kia Sportage AWD clutch cost!!

Seems about right, clutch kit on my Mothers 4 year old Subaru XV (its third at that point) was £3k at main dealer.
 
Some interesting figures here, an OEM clutch for a 16 Litre 620 BHP Scania V8 HGV - which produces 3000Nm of torques - is ballpark £1k and about that again fitted at a dealer, going elsewhere you can easily halve that, yet you can guarantee it'll be the toughest of any of the examples listed in this thread which is food for thought perhaps....
 
Scania said:
Some interesting figures here, an OEM clutch for a 16 Litre 620 BHP Scania V8 HGV - which produces 3000Nm of torques - is ballpark £1k and about that again fitted at a dealer, going elsewhere you can easily halve that, yet you can guarantee it'll be the toughest of any of the examples listed in this thread which is food for thought perhaps....
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While I don't have much experience of having clutches changed, that's 6 times the torque of my old 911 turbo:eek:, is the clutch itself massive or just made of a a very hard wearing material.
 
theone8181 said:
While I don't have much experience of having clutches changed, that's 6 times the torque of my old 911 turbo:eek:, is the clutch itself massive or just made of a a very hard wearing material.
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The 911 - and practically any other car to be fair - is undoubtedly quicker but it can’t pull upto 150 tonnes (moving heavy plant etc under STGO regulations) which is the sort of use a 620 V8 would be used for, the headline BHP figures are relatively low given the engine size (16 litre in this case) but it’s all about the torque.

A bit of both, yes they are relatively large and indeed made of strong stuff that said they are easily killed by ham fisted drivers, we had an agency driver at Stobarts destroy a clutch in a Volvo FH by it turned out holding it on “the bite” in hilly stop-start traffic, the truck itself had only been delivered to our depot the previous week and had less than 1k Km under its wheels!
 
Joe T said:
Wait, your ultra-reliable Toyota had to have a recall requiring the engine to be taken out? :eek:
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Because about 100 cars worldwide had an issue, I got a free engine rebuild, cheap clutch and a £20 service. You dont get that kind of support from the European manufacturers, not even remotely close :p
 
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Scania said:
Some interesting figures here, an OEM clutch for a 16 Litre 620 BHP Scania V8 HGV - which produces 3000Nm of torques - is ballpark £1k and about that again fitted at a dealer, going elsewhere you can easily halve that, yet you can guarantee it'll be the toughest of any of the examples listed in this thread which is food for thought perhaps....
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Doesn't the cab lift on those though? :)
 
Scania said:
The 911 - and practically any other car to be fair - is undoubtedly quicker but it can’t pull upto 150 tonnes (moving heavy plant etc under STGO regulations) which is the sort of use a 620 V8 would be used for, the headline BHP figures are relatively low given the engine size (16 litre in this case) but it’s all about the torque.

A bit of both, yes they are relatively large and indeed made of strong stuff that said they are easily killed by ham fisted drivers, we had an agency driver at Stobarts destroy a clutch in a Volvo FH by it turned out holding it on “the bite” in hilly stop-start traffic, the truck itself had only been delivered to our depot the previous week and had less than 1k Km under its wheels!
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My father inlaw used to be a trucker, retired last year. From what hes said quite a few are now auto, which i guess solves the burnt out clutch problem. Although its still a massive amount to pull.
 
vanpeebles said:
Doesn't the cab lift on those though? :)
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Yes, the cab tilts to expose the engine, it is however still a big job to get at the friction plate.

theone8181 said:
My father inlaw used to be a trucker, retired last year. From what hes said quite a few are now auto, which i guess solves the burnt out clutch problem. Although its still a massive amount to pull.
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Unfortunately not, automatic trucks are effectively an automated manual transmission rather than say a torque converter, gear changes are still via clutch etc but operated by computer rather than driver (you can though over ride it)

The driver I referred to earlier was in an automatic....
 
Scania said:
Yes, the cab tilts to expose the engine, it is however still a big job to get at the friction plate.
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Sounds easy peasy! Having laid under a Disco, and faced the point of no return pulling on a 100kg plus gearbox and transfer. And hoping that the jack won't topple, and be crushed to death, I reckon a lorry with a cab lifting sounds ok :D
 
pattojones said:
Had a new clutch and dual mass flywheel today following what I will describe as a ‘burn up’ towing (pushing) a 1475Kg caravan in reverse uphill along a wet/muddy track. £2900 from Kia so done at an independent for £1250!! I thought this was a £4-500 job. Car has 63K miles on the clock. How much have you spent on a clutch!?
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Did you manage to get the caravan off the cliff though? That’s what matters.
 
I think it was nearly £3k when my Ibiza Cupra 1.4tsi chewed through a set of clutch packs. Thank god for the warranty as VW/Seat admitted they needed to be up rated and later cars had a revised pack.
 
Some interesting stories here. After a day or two of normal use I can report that the car is fine and drives beautifully given its new clutch. I think it may have been ‘going’ for some time and the caravan exploit merely hastened its demise. Not sure how I feel about exposing the new clutch to my rather large/heavy caravan!?
 
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