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?

 

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.

 

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!

 

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.

 

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...

 

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....

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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