looking for a new clutch are Quinton Hazell clutch kits any good.

Many THanks

What Punto do you have, I was just about to advertise a full clutch kit I bought for my MK2B 1.2 8v but didn't get around to fitting.

I don't want anything for it, just whatever it'll cost to ship to you. Or you can collect. I live in Kent, near the Channel Tunnel.





I'm actually coming up to Coventry (Nr Tile Hill Station, CV4) on Friday, will be leaving on Saturday morning sometime, I could bring the clutch up with me if you can drive over?
That is if you want it of course!

paul36

When Quinton Hazell first started, their products were 'adequate'. After a few years thier reputation got a bit of a bad name with their clutches, although the rest of their range was still good. They addressed this and upped their quality to OE standard, and were very good for many years.

But. A few years ago they went pop. The brand name is now owned by another company, as far as I'm aware, they did not get the manufacturing facility, so now buy-in from others. No idea where they source, so personally I'd avoid, just to be safe.

The kit offered above is LUK, very good, and OE fit. It's what I'd go for.
Other acceptable brands are Sachs and Valeo, also OE quality.

Never try to do a clutch cheap. Do it right, do it once.

Now there’s a name from the past. Quinton Hazell was the name of parts that most used back in the day. They were deemed a household name and were regarded of decent quality. I remember back in the early 70s out on the message bike off to the motor factors for parts, Q H it was.

Just for the record, the message bike was a large heavy single gear jobby with a front metal basket cage. Slow to start, but once you got going you could pick up speed. Looking back, the Aberdeen streets were very busy, how I never had an accident, pure luck I think.

My mk2 punto is littered with quinton hazell parts. Shocks, bearings, trackrod ends ...... all sorts. I'm not sure where their from these days but "back in the day" (the mid 1990s) when I workexin a garage they were a tristhed brand and ås familiar as fitting Lucas or borg & beck parts and you never really questioned them. They disappeared for a while and I went for Delphi but have been left disappointed with thier quality so was glad to see them back. I fit them today partly because of nostalgia and partly down to the hope that they are still as good now as they used to be. Not sure I would trust a clutch kit though? I would go for an LUK or a Borg.

portland_bill said:

When Quinton Hazell first started, their products were 'adequate'. After a few years thier reputation got a bit of a bad name with their clutches, although the rest of their range was still good. They addressed this and upped their quality to OE standard, and were very good for many years.

But. A few years ago they went pop. The brand name is now owned by another company, as far as I'm aware, they did not get the manufacturing facility, so now buy-in from others. No idea where they source, so personally I'd avoid, just to be safe.

The kit offered above is LUK, very good, and OE fit. It's what I'd go for.
Other acceptable brands are Sachs and Valeo, also OE quality.

Never try to do a clutch cheap. Do it right, do it once.

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My recollections are much like yours PB. We used them and initially they seemed "fine" although I would choose a Borg and Beck for my own car in those days. (Borg and Beck are just a brand name these days I think?) Then we had quite a few that just weren't "right" and some of the customers complained. If you could get them to persevere for a few thousand miles they seemed to settle in alright but the initial performance was poor with juddering and "strange" pedal bite points. I recollect actually stripping one out and "polishing the friction faces with rough emery (didn't know about asbestos in those days!) because we couldn't get an alternative make.

Up here Valeo seems to be very highly thought of (Harrisons fit nothing else) and Luk I've used without problem, Sachs too, although I've never fitted one of theirs. I think most new clutches are probably Ok in a "cooking" vehicle these days but I would avoid a rebuilt clutch - and there are a lot of them about - at almost any cost.

It seems the name is now owned by Tetrosyl, an old established name in professional polishes and bodywork stuff. Their website gives a good statement of their taking on the brand and their objectives with it. They say they have re-established many of the original sources for the parts, so should be good. QH did have a manufacturing plant for clutches, and made the most popular ones, buying in the others from good sources. Tetrosyl do not mention manufacturing themselves, but hopefully they're getting clutches from good sources.

From that, I'd be happy to take most products, but for a clutch, I'd still go with LUK or Valeo.

Borg & Beck?

MaxHeadroom said:

Borg & Beck?

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Like QH, Borg & Beck are not what they were. No longer part of the Borg Warner empire, now owned by parts supplier Firstline. So like many others, not manufactured by them, bought in, possibly from several suppliers. Could be OE in the box, or good aftermarket, or just adequate. No idea, so I'd still go with the two main OE manufacturers. A clutch is such a heavy, awkward job, not something you ever want to do twice.