bizzle
Veteran Member
Our 1998 bug's clutch needs to be replaced. The clutch went out a few hundred miles away from home so we had to tow to a shop local in the area where the break down occurred.
Shop rate is $100 per hour, quoting about $700 for the job. Mechanic says he's willing to install aftermarket parts but won't warranty the work (which is fine and expected if I supply my own parts). He also suggested I order a slave cylinder. I'm not sue if he suggested it or said it needed to be done as part of the job, in his opinion. The beetle has 220K.
Is replacing the slave cylinder a common wear item that's replaced with a new clutch? I've never heard of that before and can't seem to figure out how to put those terms together in a viable search of the forums here about that specific issue.
Shop rate is $100 per hour, quoting about $700 for the job. Mechanic says he's willing to install aftermarket parts but won't warranty the work (which is fine and expected if I supply my own parts). He also suggested I order a slave cylinder. I'm not sue if he suggested it or said it needed to be done as part of the job, in his opinion. The beetle has 220K.
Is replacing the slave cylinder a common wear item that's replaced with a new clutch? I've never heard of that before and can't seem to figure out how to put those terms together in a viable search of the forums here about that specific issue.