Dual Mass Fkywheel failure LT TDCI

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For those unlucky enough to have this happen, heres a money saving venture for you.

SWMBO's car developed a rattle at idle in the clutch area and after much googling and a chat with my mechanic, we decided the flywheel had failed.

After ringing every available supplier in my area of the state (TAS), I took the advice of of a fellow FF bloke (I think, read too many posts on the subject to remember) and purchased from the UK, in fact I ended up buying from auction on ebay UK.

The cheapest I could find here was from Repco at $1500.00 (yikes) for DMF and complete clutch kit, LUK brand.

I won the same kit for $716.00 including postage, to my PO Box. It took exactly 7 days to arrive which I was amazed with considering its such a heavy set up. The boxes were in a poor state of repair as I'm sure every country it passed through had a look inside but it was all there and intact.

$816.00 later, including a new rear main seal while things were all apart ($40 I think) and she's back on the road running better than ever.

Taking the gamble on purchasing this item from overseas as good as covered my labour costs.

I hope this helps someone as lucky as me.