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Emtee

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Might be a bit more than that Benny, but less than £400 last time I checked. Better than the OEM, so I'd go that way every time.
 
BennyD

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Agreed. Expensive but worth going the Hills route as it comes with the seals already fitted, whereas, IIRC, the Maserati one doesn't.
 
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What's the benefit of the Hills bearing? Just had my clutch replaced with standard parts including a new release bearing - should I have had the Hills bearing fitted? Too late now, for sure!
 
BennyD

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They are better made from better materials and, IIRC, they are cheaper than Maseratis own! I had one fitted to mine last year.
 
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BennyD said:
They are better made from better materials and, IIRC, they are cheaper than Maseratis own! I had one fitted to mine last year.
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Bu99er! Didn't know about this to ask at the time. Oh well, I'll just have to have faith in the OEM item. I'm sure Marios wouldn't fit anything he wasn't confident could do the job adequately.
 
philw696

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Dick Lovett's Swindon told me they didn't rate the Hills bearing when talking me through a clutch change in the workshop at this years open day. Just there opinion I guess.
 
2b1ask1

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Same info to me Phil, said the OEM was improved and not a problem any more, more concerned with peaning the spigot bearing in to stop the hoot!
 
BennyD

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I guess they would say that wouldn't they. If anything goes wrong with the replacement parts a main dealer wouldn't have a leg to stand on if they had fitted non-standard parts, and they wouldn't admit that couldn't fit superior parts because people would go to the garages that would. I guess time will tell the pros and cons. Its all opinion anyway.
 
BennyD

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No, I got the clutch put in by a mate, a Ferrari master technician, who put it in for the cost of the parts. He'd taken Ryan on as an apprentice for a couple of months and did it for free the week after his funeral, on the condition I donated some of his labour charge to Ryan's charity. Given the choice, he always uses Hills release bearings.
 
Emtee

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Hi JP,

I hope all is good with you?

To answer your question, I had the clutch, and all bearings replaced. Not the flywheel, as that was fine. The parts you mention in your link to the Eurospares diagram were not replaced as far as I can recall.
 
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I got the parts from Marios, and no, he didn't reccomend to replace those screws, although i replaced the release and spigot bearings.

Hope this helps.
 
jpmondalek

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Thanks guys!!!

My car is at 62k miles...yes, about 40k of which lapping Dubai!!! B)

Replacing:

Clutch, Flywheel, Clutch Release Bearing (Hill Engineering) http://www.hillengineering.co.uk/catalog/crb430f1s-p-324.html, Spigot bearing, and F1 sensor...I am also going to replace the auxiliary belt because I get a whining sound once in a while and it was part of a 2007 service bulletin to replace...however, I can't find the belt on any diagram part on Eurospares' website.
 
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