Any body used Techniclutch? (ebay)

[re2500]

Im going to be doing a 3b flywheel conversion on my coupe soon, and so will need a new clutch.
Has anybody used a techniclutch clutch in their s2? Ive heard mixed reports about techniclutch, i think it very much depends on the application. Very reasonable for £130???

[Ross]

I read alot of negative press and decided to give them a miss for a replacement 3B clutch recently; ended up using the old one as they're NLA with Audi

Another member used one recently, ended up replacing it after a week if I believe! Depends if you can change it easily, may be worth a try, but if you're paying for labour I'd do it once properly.

[Knight Rider S4]

I bought one for my coupe and it was pants on my car ..couldnt handle high boost

[Rusty]

Better to find a Sachs clutch My OOOO braded LUK is fine but they're NLA

[re2500]

I had a feeling that would be the general concensus. So people rate the sachs unit. But NLA, great!!!
What clutches can anybody recommend. Im looking for value here too. cost is a big factor.

[re2500]

How much is just a friction plate from LUK/Sachs?


I was just thinking that the techniclutch pressure plate looked to be pretty Heavy duty, the spring fingers look pretty beefy. What about a techniclutch/LUK/Sachs combo??

[Rusty]

My Audi OE 3B clutch was LUK, not Sachs

Speak to Aelred, he can remanufacture your old clutch to any spec.

[BRY]

Can anyone get me the part numbers off the LUK clutch, as I go past there on my way to work every day and could make some enquiries.

[re2500]

@andy, unfortunately, as you know i currently have a ABY clutch therefore remanufacture aint possible as i will be doing the SMF conversion at the same time.
Any idea how much a Sachs clutch kit is? or how much the Sachs friction plate is? So i can think about the techniclutch sachs hybrid jobby.

Am i right in saying that the technology that goes into a clutch and how good or bad the clutch is, is mainly down to the friction plate material and how well the friction plate is made? And a little bit down to simply how strong the fingers are on the pressure plate? Thus a techniclutch pressure plate may be very good but the friction plate pants. in which case the techniclutch/sachs combo may work?

[re2500]

Or am i talking out my 4R$E again?

[Rusty]

It's in the car, sorry. Was purchased by the VAG part number...

[Rusty]

Right, I'd source a stock Sachs and get the flywheel face skimmed, I think a lot of failures are due to the friction mating surfaces not been as clean as possible. Might be possible to get a 3B complete clutch and FW and then send it to Aelred for lighten and remanufacture, not cheap tho!

[Rusty]

This should help, there are clutches on Eb_y.de and Austria for 250euros.

http://webcat.zf-trading.com/index.asp?LKZ=D&PKW=1&SPR=4&EINSPNR=32,14,1632,1614

VW part numbers:-

Pressure Plate 035 141 118 X = Sachs 3082 919 001

Friction Plate 034 141 032 M = Sachs 1862 625 001

[4WheelDrifter]

Can anyone get me the part numbers off the LUK clutch, as I go past there on my way to work every day and could make some enquiries.

Here's my old 3B LuK clutch friction plate, if it's any help. Can anyone make out a part number?

[Rusty]

Part numbers I found are in this thread on Audi-NLA.

The part number on there 324 0080 10 is correct for the individual part of friction plate.