8 work days to replace clutch??

$1800 to $2000 is what we pay, I just had one installed a few months ago and my brother has had a few done. This guy does all our Transmission and rear end work. And we are in lower Al. He just replaced a gear in my tranny, replaced a synchronizer and put in a bearing kit. Cost me $2950 and 4 days. Didn't replace the clutch because it was done earlier in the year.
Truck should be good for a while hopefully. Motor, tranny and both rears have been done in the past 2 years.

 

That's why I specified in my post, that's Chicago pricing....cost of living is a bit higher than in Alabama...

 

You may want to think about replacing your harmonic balancer. A bad one will cause the type of problems you are facing.

 

If it is worn out it will cause vibrations that will cause ( after a period of time) problems like you are going through. There is no way to test the balancer, but if it has 500,000 miles or more on it I would seriously consider replacing it. Hopefully someone with more knowledge than me will chime in.

 

Well , around here there are lots of off road ( farm, logging, etc. ) trucks, so clutches are routine replacement items.. The mechanic that did mine for 350 bucks has a great reputation, and clutches are about 75 % of his business. There are several GOOD , reasonable mechanics in our neck of the woods who know the value of a good job done right the first time, at a fair price, on the truckers time-table ( week-ends, over-night, between loads, etc ).

 

Yea About $3K is the going rate. Maybe even $3500. Your certain they are doing a clutch, and not rebuilding the tranny?