What Clutch?

[Brad grainger]

can anyone tell me what clutch this is?

Thanks

 

[R3k1355]

Recon the first three are a pressure plate M8 :up:

(why are you asking tho?)

 

[Brad grainger]

as it's off I thought I'd have a look what it was.... but there's no make or hallmarks.

purely just wondering!

 

[Budgie]

Looks like a cheapy pattern one to me. bin it.

 

[R3k1355]

RPD should be able to do you a decent price on a genuine item.

 

[JamesBryan]

You can get an OEM Valeo item for about £60 from GSF with a discount code.

 

[STEVE.M]

You can get an OEM Valeo item for about £60 from GSF with a discount code.

Beats £236.24 for a Valeo item in a Genuine Renault box.

 

[JamesBryan]

Beats £236.24 for a Valeo item in a Genuine Renault box.

Have they gone up in price! Sure they never used to be that much.

 

[STEVE.M]

Have they gone up in price! Sure they never used to be that much.

That`s the price on RPD`s site today.

 

[JamesBryan]

That`s the price on RPD`s site today.

£162 on Pure Motorsport, which is about what i thought they were from Renault.

They've definitely put their prices up sometime recently.

 

[STEVE.M]

£162 on Pure Motorsport, which is about what i thought they were from Renault.
They've definitely put their prices up sometime recently.

Wolverhampton seem more competitive currently.

 

[JamesBryan]

Wolverhampton seem more competitive currently.

Yeah they usually are.

 

[R29TJR]

You can get an OEM Valeo item for about £60 from GSF with a discount code.

Shame the staff in my local GSF are useless.

When I was looking for a new Valeo clutch I was told GSF didn't sell them!

 

[JamesBryan]

Shame the staff in my local GSF are useless.

When I was looking for a new Valeo clutch I was told GSF didn't sell them!

They're just listed as the Premium option online. Doesn't specifically say Valeo, but everyone i know of that's chosen that option has received a Valeo clutch.

 

[Ianboom]

Paid £100 from ebay for 3 pieces (pressure plate, friction plate and thrust bearing), genuine Valeo.

 

[sburrell93]

Surprised people still recommend valeo after the failures documented on here tbh! I replaced a failed valeo one with a LUK item and thought it looked like a far better clutch and pressure plate.

 

[STEVE.M]

I have a LuK sourced from a local factor for £85.
It does what you expect a clutch to do, and the pedal is much lighter than it was.

 

[JamesBryan]

Luck of draw i suppose.

My last clutch was from factory and had done 95,000 miles. 25,000 of those were by me and quite a few were track days.

It looked almost new when it was taken out.

 

[Andyman]

Don't know how true this is but I was told by a mechanic friend who frequents mechanics forums and some well known motor factors are renowned for selling fake branded stuff so wonder how many failed valeos are actually genuine valeos....

 

[STEVE.M]

Don't know how true this is but I was told by a mechanic friend who frequents mechanics forums and some well known motor factors are renowned for selling fake branded stuff so wonder how many failed valeos are actually genuine valeos....

I don't frequent mechanics forums, but is the main theme twisting nuts?

 

[flebay]

Valeo use to be the specialist choice, maybe people are getting fake Valeo clutches they are about, I would only buy from a big suppler gsf / euro car parts.
https://www.cliosport.net/threads/clutch-slipping-above-3k-revs.783395/#post-10908751

 

[Stay Puft]

My Valeo has been spot on from GSF.

 

[flebay]

but is the main theme twisting nuts?

Twisting rivet for some reason???
https://www.cliosport.net/threads/arctic-182-oem-progress-thread.811237/#post-11486372

 

[bloke]

Don't know how true this is but I was told by a mechanic friend who frequents mechanics forums and some well known motor factors are renowned for selling fake branded stuff so wonder how many failed valeos are actually genuine valeos....

have you not seen idiotbook? everything euro sell is fake :tongueclosed:

 

[imprezaworks]

Reboxed

I mentioned that to a lad at Ecp. Honestly thought the next day we would be court side.

 

[497adam]

Don't know how true this is but I was told by a mechanic friend who frequents mechanics forums and some well known motor factors are renowned for selling fake branded stuff so wonder how many failed valeos are actually genuine valeos....

I heard about this -


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[497adam]

Valeo use to be the specialist choice, maybe people are getting fake Valeo clutches they are about, I would only buy from a big suppler gsf / euro car parts.
https://www.cliosport.net/threads/clutch-slipping-above-3k-revs.783395/#post-10908751

It was Euro that were supposed to getting cheap Chinese copies


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[flebay]

It was Euro that were supposed to getting cheap Chinese copies


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Where did you get that information from?

 

[497adam]

Friend who’s family have a large garage, I think it got as far as court but got settled


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[imprezaworks]

Rumours about pagid discs too

 

[STEVE.M]

Friend who’s family have a large garage, I think it got as far as court but got settled


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In whose favour?

 

[497adam]

Out of court settlement, whichever parts maker it was taking them to court ( can’t remember now but will check )



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[mintno1]

My Valeo has been spot on from GSF.

My Valeo has been great from GSF for the cup so far :up: bought another one for the Ph1 for just over £60

 

[STEVE.M]

Out of court settlement, whichever parts maker it was taking them to court ( can’t remember now but will check )



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That`s clear as mud.
Manufacturer takes end user to court?

 

[497adam]

No parts manufacturer took euro to court for buying cheap copies of their parts. Euro settled before it got to court


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[STEVE.M]

No parts manufacturer took euro to court for selling cheap copies of their parts. Euro settled before it got to court


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Correction

 

[Daz...]

You’d be surprised how many of the big manufacturers use rebranded chinese parts now, albeit mostly the slave cylinders.

 

[497adam]

Correction

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[STEVE.M]

You’d be surprised how many of the big manufacturers use rebranded chinese parts now, albeit mostly the slave cylinders.

I`m not sure why it should be a surprise, China is the worlds largest car market with 25 million cars sold in 2017.
This included 2 million Volkswagens, and half a million BMW`s , all manufactured in China from locally sourced parts.
http://carsalesbase.com/china-car-sales-analysis-november-2017/

 

[Daz...]

I`m not sure why it should be a surprise

It’s not to me. There are a lot of people who still consider Chinese parts to be sub standard without realising they’re already using them though.