willsmysticcobra

Hey all I am a new saab owner and I have a problem. Upon driving the car I had owned for no less than 5 hrs, the trans made a loud noise and the clutch pedel sank to the floor. Upon inspection, I see organic material all over the place so the clutch in my mine had gernaded. Is the oem "sachs" clutch pretty good or should I use an exedy? And is this a diy job or should I bring it to a shop?

Roto

If you're mechanically inclined it is a DIY job. If you do not plan on modifying the car there's no reason to get non-oem. Try our sponsor Euro Parts Direct for a clutch kit.

willsmysticcobra

hmm ya see I am undecided. What kind of clutch are you running and off hand do you know of any online walk-throughs? I am mech inclined and reading from saabs website its a pretty straight-forward swap. Any advice is appreciated!

Roto

I don't think I have an online DIY in my favorites, but I did a clutch job on other cars and it literally is: remove/disconnect everything attached to tranny, unbolt tranny and cover, take it out on a tranny jack, than replace the clutch and you also should resurface the flywheel, and put everything back together. There is a Haynes manual out for the car if you look on ebay.

willsmysticcobra

Dang....I was thinking I could just change it from the engine bay I was thinking of skipping the ole resurfacing of the flywheel cause the clutch was installed in december. I dunno though... ugh...

Roto

wait, are you 100% positive that it is the clutch, not the clutch master cylinder? Pictures of the "organic material" please. It could have been remains from something else in there....

willsmysticcobra

i will get a pic asap... do you think the master cyl "blows up"

willsmysticcobra

bad pics.... ugh how would i know if it was the clutch master cyl?

kumaclimber

the master cylinder can blow up more likely it's your slave cylinder take it to a shop for an "estament" that will tell you whats wrong then fix it yourself

kumaclimber

if that is the problem you clutch material blew through your bell housing and scatter shield