10 replies to this topic

[Bell-nose]

Hi can anyone provide an indication as to how much to pay for the clutch oil seal to be replaced? - i have done it recently and it leaks so i would rather pay for it to be done.

 

Thanks,

[Stiggytoo]

3 or 4 hours of labour? You may want to consider changing the clutch plate if you haven't already.

[Gremlin]

The Minispares uprated oil seal is very good, if you do get someone else to do it make sure they know mini's and supply a Minispares uprated seal, in theory the flywheel shouldn't be too difficult to get off because you just had it off

[Gr4h4m]

Remember its not always the seal, the primary gear might it worn. Or the seal damaged when installing it. The seal installation tool helps keep it square when installing it.

I have always had better luck with the double edged black seal

[Gremlin]

Could be the primary gear bushes as well, what sort of crank case ventilation are you running, could just be excessive pressure

[Bell-nose]

Could be the primary gear bushes as well, what sort of crank case ventilation are you running, could just be excessive pressure

thanks i will send it in to my local mini specialist - its an mpi so standard i believe. I will ask them to change the primary gear bush while they are at it.

[Guess-Works.com]

Changing the primary gear bush will be beyond a lot of garages, even mini specialists, unless they have access to a machinist with a lathe....

 

The Rover book time for replacing the rear seal ( or clutch/primary seal as it's otherwise known ) is 0.2 hours, only problem is you need to add the 3.9 hours to remove and replace the clutch, so bank on 4 hours labour.

[Gremlin]

I doubt they will change the primary gear bush, it's not a 2 minute job, it has to be matched to your crank, unless you spend a lot of time on the clutch it will be fine, it only moves in relation to the crank when the clutch is pressed

[Gremlin]

Beat me to it :)

[Stiggytoo]

On an MPI there will be higher labour costs as the brake servo etc has to be unbolted and moved out of the way. I'm sure you know this though. 4 hours sounds about right.

Edited by Stiggytoo, 01 September 2014 - 08:46 PM.

[Guess-Works.com]

The above is the time for an MPi