The high cost is due to the rear sub frame needs dropping which is a lot more work than a normal front wheel drive car, having said that I only paid £400 for mine to be done

I'd be more interested as to why they haven't pinned the exact fault down, if its just the slave thats an easy job about an hour at the most and that was putting a new seal kit in it (£3.50) rather than paying for a full new unit

Clutch release arm if its sticking it can be eased of in most cases without removing the gearbox, by just using a good releasing oil

both of the above are easy jobs, so unless your actual clutch plate has gone there is no need to do it

 

Can you describe how the clutch went and how the peddle felt ??

 

It was my gf driving at the time, but she said she was driving along, pressed the clutch and the pedal stayed down. the garage has said the clutch needs replacing as the bearing has seized up, which has made the arm seize up and caused the slave cylinder to fail

 

It is possible but very far fetched, I would say its more likely that the slave cylinder has blown the seal, so either a new unit or a seal kit, orrrr the clutch pipe has a leak

The actual clutch lever they are saying is sticking are very difficult to move at the best of times but benifit from releasing oil

I would rather try both of them first before replacing the full clutch

Had the clutch been slipping before this happened??? if it was ok before this I would go with the above first

 

MGR Book time to do the clutch wwas about 7 hours - which is to cover the lengthy work as Jon described.

WHat I can't work out is how the clutch has been damaged if the releae arm is sticking. If that can't move then the clutch wont work. Plenty of cases that the release arm causes slave and or master cylinder to go. And unless a fair chunk of time with penetrating oil, the release arm can be difficult to get working again, but the clutch damamged by that - I can't see how.

The parts excluding teh clutch are pretty cheap
clutch release arm (improved in grease screw) £35
slave seal £3.50 (very rare a whole new cyl is required, but if it is they are about £30 IIRC
but if the release arm does need replacing, the work is very similar to full clutch replacement, and if the clutch has a fair few miles on it, it might be sensible to replace at teh same time. But, only if teh release arm must be replaced.

 

£850 is far to much. I had my slave go on me last year and paid £180 (or somehwere around that mark) for it to be replaced, this year my clutch was slipping like crazy so I decided to have it replaced but opted to go for an AP racing clutch instead of an oem one. I paid £175 for the clutch and another £220 for the fitting so the total cost over two seperate visits (more labour charges) was £575

 

where on earth did you find labour rates that low in this area? Standard rate for even apoor back street garage is near £100 an hour in Kingston

 

No it wasnt slipping Jon, was fine before that then it just stopped working all together. And David they have said the master cylinder is ok but the rest are knackered. How much would it be for all that including a clutch kit? Im stuck now as the AA have took it there and know there saying they already stripped it out so gotta pay the labour! Its a joke really i wasnt even asked what garage to take it to! However because of the BRC i will only have to pay £350 as they pay first £500, is it worth doing then? I still think its wrong tho, if it was done for the £400 i wouldnt have to pay anything! btw, there bill for slave cylinder as they tried that 1st, was about £250 fitted, abit more than the £30! Stay away from Mansfield group i think! I know if it breaks down again ill be telling the AA its not going anywhere near there!

 

Put it this way if you had got me to repair the old slave with a seal kit, and release the clutch arm I would have said about £65 an that would include £3.50 for seal kit, £5 for new clutch fluid, £25 for petrol return trip, releasing oil £0.00

£350 if thats what your having to pay isn't bad for a new clutch, clutch arm and slave, but I'd make sure you get the clutch arm with the grease point on it, as you can't just fit that at a later date without taking the gearbox out again

 

To get the releasing oil to work faster you need a big lump of pasticine make like a bowl round the bottom of the shaft and fill it up leave it over night

 

Mine took near on 5 days before it started working acceptably - good job I was on a Firm Price

 

Is it actually worth having repaired now that the bill is on it and needs paying? How much is an mgf abingdon worth these days

 

Working and with a new clutch..... more than 350

 

Just checked prices from an X-part dealer as mine were abit out of date
Kit-repair clutch slave cylinder - Genuine MG Rover UUB100180 £5.93 - almost certainly all that was needed for the slave cylinder

Slave cylinder clutch - Genuine MG Rover UUB100040 £75.68 (a bit more than I had remembered)
But,
Slave cylinder clutch - 3rd party good make UUB100040P £36.25 (not far off my original price)

 

Clutch arm with lub hole £27 form MS or B&G

 

a1 cluthes about 250 quid for mg tf clutch

 

A few years ago I was quoted £500 for a new clutch by an Xpart Service Centre.

 

it sounds like you have paid well over the odds, labour i would have thought would be £80 max and about £40 for the clutch slave cylinder. i did mine myself around 2 months ago and its been fine since.