Thread: Ridiculously priced clutch replacement?

I'm hearing you JC.....

Originally Posted by justinc

By the way i have totally no issue whatsoever with ebay sellers etc (Mario hope you didn't get the wrong idea&#128558 as the diy brigade depend 100% on your market position.

Just to clarify ☺

Jc

Justin no I didn't get the wrong idea, but those part prices are full list price, I wasn't disputing the labour costs . Some people can get away with charging customers full list price on parts.
Cheers, Mario

I replaced all of mine and the fly wheel about 2 months ago. The whole thing was done for 3k. I sourced all the parts except for the flywheel and the new slave cylinder. The labour component was a bit over $1k. I bought the plate, clutch and bearing from a guy off ebay in tassie. He also has access to the flywheel and can get them to Vic fast. He only used original parts and the price was good. b4wdaust on eBay

Shop around and see if you can get it cheaper, Roverlord has a guy in the hills. I didnt end up contacting or using him but he could be good.

Good luck.

Originally Posted by laney

Dam that's expensive I sourced a heavy duty clutch and single mass fly wheel myself and had an independent land rover specialist put it in was about $2k that was about 2years ago. I avoid land rover work shops like the plague rip you of every time.

That's a bit harsh, they all don't do that there are some good ones around.
Maybe JC will franchise and expand

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

Justin no I didn't get the wrong idea, but those part prices are full list price, I wasn't disputing the labour costs . Some people can get away with charging customers full list price on parts.
Cheers, Mario

I know they are entitled to and yes it is just a guide however some of the margins as you know give a lot of movement to look after the customer. Had an unfortunate situation this week with a struggling customer who required a huge job on their d2 td5. A clutch incidentally was part of the job. I really had to balance profitability with their needs and if it meant less return then so be it. You must never forget that it isn't YOUR money you are spending. And like these people $$ are very very tight and they rely heavily on their vehicle.
This is why i get angry with these blanket statements about workshops. Not everybody behaves poorly.

Jc

Originally Posted by justinc

I know they are entitled to and yes it is just a guide however some of the margins as you know give a lot of movement to look after the customer. Had an unfortunate situation this week with a struggling customer who required a huge job on their d2 td5. A clutch incidentally was part of the job. I really had to balance profitability with their needs and if it meant less return then so be it. You must never forget that it isn't YOUR money you are spending. And like these people $$ are very very tight and they rely heavily on their vehicle.
This is why i get angry with these blanket statements about workshops. Not everybody behaves poorly.

Jc

I hear you brother and totally agree where your coming from.

Originally Posted by justinc

SO.MUCH.HATE. Laney.

Not all places are out to do this. We've been down this rd before many times .

workshop overheads are high. Retaining good staff is $$.
Equipment costs $
Insurance costs more every year.
If you have nothing nice to say best say nothing at all.
Kind of over it really. We all have families and rent to pay. And any impact on profitability such as customers supplying their own ebay specials just brings us slowly but surely towards closing the doors. The costs go up and the profits go down just what in the heck do you think will eventually happen. THEN there will be all sorts of wailing and gnashing of teeth because there are no more specialist shops around to fit those parts that people have purchased for someone else to fit.

Yes i have had a bad day, and yes i am becoming more and more disenfranchised with the way the industry and the behaviour of the public is heading...

Not happy jan....

Jc

JC,

Totally on your side. I was in the trade 17 years, from a day one apprentice in the mid eighties.
I got sick and tired of EVERYONE thinking we just wanted to rip them off. I found, as you said that it just didn't pay enough that I could give my family the things I wanted to give them and got out.
And I'm ashamed to say, I haven't regretted that decision. I'm lucky though. If I couldn't fix my car myself I probably couldn't afford to run it.
I don't know what the answer is mate. But I feel for you and all the other independents. You have more guts than I do.

$1800 for just the clutch and flywheel is I think a good price. My car, in 2013, before I bought it had the same for $2600.

Bo