Beware of a clutch company in Blackpool called Techniclutch

[Jon44w]

Ive had quite a few people in lately with clutch problems. It turns out there is a company from Blackpool called Techniclutch operating a major comline fraud.

The customers have bought single Comline conversions off Ebay. This is what they think they are buying...

DUAL MASS > SOLID FLYWHEEL CONVERSION CLUTCH 1.9 TDI BXE BLS BKC BRU BXF BXJ BJB 8945001473489 | eBay

The company have replaced them with a fake unbalanced cheap rubbish copy which vibrates the gearbox....

DUAL MASS TO SINGLE FLYWHEEL CLUTCH KIT CONVERSION VOLKSWAGEN TOURAN 1.9 TDI | eBay

I have bought one to confirm and sure enough got sent a fake. Immediately returned for a full refund. I then contacted Comline who confirmed the fake and confirmed this place in Blackpool is NOT a customer of theirs. Reported to Ebay and they refused to remove the listing - unbelievable. Even Comline themselves cant seem to get the fake listings removed!

As Comline have confirmed they arent a customer it is worrying about the multitude of products pretending to be Comline that these people are selling.

Techniclutches response to the fraud is "We do not sell Fake items, on the odd occasion we need to replace the ordered items with alternative, due to supply issues. We are not Fraudsters, we have been trading for many years with thousands of very happy customers, on the odd occasion things go wrong, and we work hard to resolve any issues as soon as possible"

That would be the hundreds of cheapo air fresheners they flog to try and cover the horrific amount of negative feedback they get. Somehow they got Ebay to remove my negative comment.


BEWARE!

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and before someone slags off the single mass conversion, the Comline one seems to be quite good.

[Crasher]

I hate what single mass conversions do the the refinement of an already compromised Diesel vibe, they increase fuel consumption and I have seen them snap cranks. Fit an OE Sachs or LUK and there are no issues, cut corners at your peril!

[Jon44w]

Exactly what I say. However no one wants to pay £300 - £400 against a single mass at £120 which actually seems to work well, feels good and sounds perfect.

[Crasher]

However no one wants to pay £300 - £400 against a single mass at £120

No one is a bit sweeping, people will pay to have it fixed correctly give the arguments for and against, I only offer an OE DMF replacement or they can get Mr Clutch to do it and I will put it right when they have vibration left foot syndrome. I happily take the DMF of of serious petrol engine conversions but not Diesel.

[Jon44w]

Fair enough point. Do you think theres no such thing as a good diesel SMF then? Even the well manufactured balanced ones?

[Crasher]

You can balance everything until you have even sent the bottom end assembly to https://vibrationfree.co.uk who are awesome chaps but if you have a design of engine that inherently tries to pound itself to death you need external vibration damping at either end of the crank to absorb these pulses and a single mass would have to be huge to affect this so in the 70’s KFW came up with the DMF for Porsche to cure shaft rattle but it was a complete failure so LUK reinvented the technology in the 90’s and now it is pretty reliable.

[Gazwould]

I remember this bin that kept getting smashed up by cars on the pavement .

It's going to be very expensive .

[Crasher]

Yes, what happens WHEN, not if, someone hits one of these things? Perhaps Dr Who in the background can tell us....

[FrenchAudi]

Yes, what happens WHEN, not if, someone hits one of these things? Perhaps Dr Who in the background can tell us....

Well, actually, the MCB feeding it will trip, and everyone will be safe

[Crasher]

If the box gets ripped out of the ground? I don’t like high voltage electrickery, it is all going to end in a bad way... just google electric car fires, the results are scary, I don’t want one parked on my drive or in my garage.