At the other extreme, you haven’t changed a clutch until you’ve done it in a Hong Kong shipping container on jack stands !
I went down this rabbit hole after a calculated punt on a bargain 2002 Cambiocorsa a few years back, trouble here is how expensive oem shops are and lack of trust/confidence. (Reason why I got such a bargain)
BMW for example disconnected my E46 power window switch’s claiming the module had failed $$ along with a bunch of other stuff, just drove car in for a service, windows worked fine so knew something was up and sure enough when home had a look myself and 4 window switches had been unplugged ! (At a BMW service centre!) Friends quoted whole engine or gearbox changes required....nuts, but that’s here as an expat.
So it really depends where you live and level of confidence, I’m know there are plenty of top workshops in other parts of the world and if I had the option certainly would have gone that way.
Other than the constraints of a shipping container and jack stands all went fine. I put in a new flywheel and Hill Engineering throw out bearing. You don’t need to disconnect half shafts, can move gearbox back enough inches to get torque tube out. Flushed/bleed the fluid at clutch and gearbox quick disconnect bleed nipples.
I was concerned about PIS and expected to need adjustment but being a 2002 it’s “SOFAST” 1 version you can only change the KISS point value manually where as the later “SOFAST2” cars have a KISS point “procedure” including SD3 10 x open/close cycles to calc KISS point plus clutch wear degradation value reset etc more involved
I haven’t had to adjust my PIS setting yet, clutch engagement and shifts are perfect, new flywheel/clutch must have been spot on for current PIS value, a bit fortunate there as I’ve read there are variations in new clutch thickness which would affect engagement requiring PIS value adjustment.
So the clutch change itself is ok but be prepared to take it to specialist for PIS setting fettling and clutch degradation index reset depending on your sofast version, early cars X431 might be enough but later cars SD3 specialist
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