VW Jetta 1.8T Clutch Kit with Flywheel 17-050

A full clutch job in one kit for the Mk4-platform cars: 1999-2005 Jetta and 1999-2006 Golf with the 1.8L turbo or 1.9L TDI, 1998-2006 New Beetle 1.8L/1.9L, and the 2000-2006 Audi TT 1.8L. It crosses to 17-050, 17-050DMF, 17-072 and 17041. In the box: pressure plate, clutch disc, a single-mass flywheel with new flywheel bolts, release bearing, alignment tool and a grease packet.

The flywheel is the reason to buy this kit instead of a clutch-only set. The factory dual-mass flywheel on these cars wears out right along with the clutch, and once it has excess rattle or free play it will chatter at idle and shudder on takeoff no matter how new the disc is. Swapping to the included flywheel means you are not paying to pull the transmission a second time.

Check the old parts against these numbers before you start: disc 8.95 inches across with a 28-spline hub on a 0.87-inch input shaft. Clean the crank flange, use the new flywheel bolts with thread locker and torque them in a cross pattern, center the disc with the alignment tool, and pull the pressure plate bolts down evenly. A light film of the supplied grease on the input splines and release bearing guide is all it needs.

If the old disc is wet with oil, find the leak first. A seeping rear main seal or input shaft seal will contaminate the new disc and bring the slip right back.