Clutch release bearing or flywheel?

[Gillard]

Recently I’ve gotten a terrible clunking sound when I depress my clutch pedal, I took it to a mechanic who said it was most likely the clutch release bearing, I asked him if it could be the DMF and he replied that he didn’t think I had one in my car. I had a surprisingly difficult time finding out whether my manual, petrol 1.4 (CMBA, 122bhp) has a single or dual mass flywheel.

I’m thinking about replacing the clutch myself with a sachs clutch kit, but I would like to know for sure whether I have a DMF before I drop the gearbox, because if that’s the case I’m going to replace that as well while I’m already in there.

Thanks in advance,

I’ll be sure to keep you updated ..

 

[Magnet]

Welcome Gill,

Just enter your registration number into say Parts in Motion’s website and that should hopefully give you an answer, based on cost and/oravailability. Many DMFs have become main dealer only parts at silly prices. 

[Gillard]

Thanks for the reply, Gareth. Thats the thing, only flywheels for the s-tronics come up. Which I find to be the case for many of the parts sites. I did find one at Autodoc which is for the 6-speed manual, and judging by the pictures it looks to be a single mass flywheel? 

As I understand it a failure of an SMF is far more unlikely and would not warrant a change even when replacing the clutch.

Edited 1 hour ago by Gillard