dual mass flywheels ... why ?

[1990GTEBOY]

just short of 900 quid for a clutch and flywheel ? seriously ? wtf ? i know they are supposed to stop vibration and make a diesel drive more like a petrol but are they really a good idea . what difference would a solid fly make ? peugeot 307 xsi if it makes any odds .. rant over

[mk1nova_rich]

I've only ever heard bad things about them ridiculously expensive to replace too and seem to have a far shorter lifespan than conventional clutch/flywheel setup.

Funnily enough you can convert to a conventional setup so obviously a DMF isnt essential...probably just designed for women drivers anyone who can drive surely would manage fine without one

[vx kev]

just short of 900 quid for a clutch and flywheel ? seriously ? wtf ? i know they are supposed to stop vibration and make a diesel drive more like a petrol but are they really a good idea . what difference would a solid fly make ? peugeot 307 xsi if it makes any odds .. rant over

Just fitted a SMF Kit to a mates Vectra CDTI 150, it was rubbish. Noisey as anything, actually sounded like the engine was knackered. Clutch slipped and was difficult to go into gear, was a total waste of time. Just got a refund for it today having bought it from a company on well known auction site.
Ended up fitting a DMF and all was fine again. £400 for the full LUK kit.

[Stuart]

Like many things the oem's do, they are excellent during development and when the parts get productionised they go down the pan the transit/defender tdci engine was epic during development and then the world ended when they went into production

[kent14sr]

Converting to SMF from DMF can result in a broken crankshaft, as they are not designed to withstand excess vibration and are not as robust.

I waited till Euro Car Parts had a good discount offer on, so got the clutch kit/flywheel/concentric slave for less than £275 (for a Mondeo TDCi)

[Rich]

Awesome for my bonus, thanks vauxhall

They are pretty crap but alot of it is down to peoples driving as well! Thats no excuse, it should have been taken into consideration anyway!

[brainsnova]

Dmf and egr two swear words

[Rage]

we have loads of taxi's come into work mainly mondeo diesels that you can here the dmf is knackered i'll stick with the older smf battleships of the 90's thanks

[Beano246]

Dmf and egr two swear words

Dpf makes three

[L14MNP]

The one on my Mondeo has been rattling for about 10K miles.

When it sounds like a skeleton ****ing off inside a filing cabinet, I will change it. As above £350ish for the lot from LUK, inc. starter.