I havent had my clutch on my Honda replaced yet, but when I did on my Eclipse, it was $500. And that was "getting a deal on labor" from my uncle.

 

so the clutch alone was 500?[sm=jawdrop.gif]

 

holy crap. ill smoke that deal for your SI amanda. ill get you a lightweight flywheel, performance clutch, and install for not much over that.

 

I was talking about this with my teacher today. We just got a new shop car b/c the guy who owns the car doesn't wanna pay $400 to get a new clutch installed. Instead we got the car, gonna buy a $100 clutch and install it in class. Installing a clutch seems like a pretty big job but we have a lift and a tranny jack. How much of a hassle is it to install a new clutch at home?

 

without a lift and trany jack... id say close to imposible.

all i can say is good luck getting the tranny in and out.

 

What about if i have a cherry picker (the thing that you use to pull motors out)

 

that helps to hold the motor up. its definately easier if you have another person. one person might be able to do a d-series one alone at home though. but i still say, dont get under your car alone.

 

i pulled the tranny in my track car by myself...and it probably weighs more than the whole civic drivetrain...

 

i replaced the clutch on my old corolla, was arround $500, so i know what it is like. that is the one good thing about having an auto..... dont have to worry about replacing the clutch, just the tranny lol

 

For a DIY, lifts and tranny jacks aren't absolutely necessary. The tranny is light enough that (if you're careful) you can manhandle it out just by laying under it and lifting it out. You do want to at least put a small floor jack under the oil pan with a piece of 2x6 or something on it to distribute the weight and prevent it from denting. And of course you want to get the car up on jackstands.