Clutch replacement C5 cost
Instructor
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From: Sacramento, CA
Yep. Clutch had plenty of life on it even at that mileage. Probably went through a dozen bottles of brake fluid keeping that pedal off the floor.
Safety Car
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From: Orlando Florida
Scoggin Dickey LS7 clutch kit, GM clutch and pressure plate, hit the 'select option' button and change to Ram aluminum flywheel and ARP bolts for $159 over the cast iron price.
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Racer
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From: Arkansas
clutch kit
Thant's a great combo, esp with the RAM SFI aluminum flywheel.
If you have a OEM bell housing, You'll need to remove the bottom bell section, Loosen the bell housing bolts and pull the bell housing rearwards to allow the pressure plate to clear the Pedestals on the RAM aluminum flywheel.
Well worth the extra effort.
Michael.
If you have a OEM bell housing, You'll need to remove the bottom bell section, Loosen the bell housing bolts and pull the bell housing rearwards to allow the pressure plate to clear the Pedestals on the RAM aluminum flywheel.
Well worth the extra effort.
Michael.
5th Gear
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$3900
Racer
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The Chevy dealership in Elko, Nv just quoted me $3900 bucks, and informed me that the factory clutch is no longer available and to expect vibration after they were done putting a Napa branded clutch in it! I asked about the LS7 clutch and the external balancing, and they didn't have a clue how to answer. How do dealers get away with this??
Instructor
Joined: Sep 2020
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From: Sacramento, CA
The Chevy dealership in Elko, Nv just quoted me $3900 bucks, and informed me that the factory clutch is no longer available and to expect vibration after they were done putting a Napa branded clutch in it! I asked about the LS7 clutch and the external balancing, and they didn't have a clue how to answer. How do dealers get away with this??
get the ls7 kit and have a competent shop install it. I have no vibration. Labor should cost 2-3k
5th Gear
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I replaced my clutch pilot bearing throat bearing slave cylinder. Master cylinder rebuilt the torque tube with bushings and bearings resealed. The transmission put a lighter flywheel in a multi-plate clutch. Parts alone are $3,500. Took me a month and a half in my spare time. No vibration. I got lucky. If I had to pay myself it would have been an $11,000 job
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From: Orlando Florida
Dealer technicians are often just that, technicians. Not mechanics. As technicians they are trained and even certified in the diagnosis and repair of GM products — but not necessarily 20 year old products. Add to that the many tips and techniques that flow back and forth on forums like this — which few professional technicians have time to participate in — and it becomes readily apparent that a mechanic specializing in corvettes is the best bet, and even then it can be hit or miss.
Advanced
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For a beast of a car like the C5 Z06, you gotta pick a clutch kit that can really handle all that power. Prices for these kits vary, but you're looking at anywhere from $500 to $1,500, depending on the brand and what they're made of.
Racer
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What you did was a far cry from what the dealer quoted me to install an off the shelf clutch from Napa......... and not be able to balance it. I mean, it's as easy as sending both clutches to the machine shop and having the new one match balanced to the old one. The Corvette is GMs flagship product and their own dealer can't fix it correctly?? Insanity!