Its a big job, 6 hours to do on a hoist. If you get a quote from Subaru, they may be able to tell which clutch your car has. My vin# did not list which clutch I had, so had to pull it out before ordering parts.
Lucky I had the flex type clutch, only $250 plus new spigot bearing & flywheel machine. Subaru make a conversion kit for a reason, the dual mass is a dog. I'm glad you like it.
Even the flex type had 2 different sizes, 225 & 230mm from memory, had to be measured when removed. One thing to remember, drain gearbox oil before you remove it, or oil will end up on floor. Good chance to change g/box oil anyway. Make sure you grease all the release pivot points, as per workshop manual.
Good luck.

I am aware of the work involved for replacing a clutch and that most of the cost is labour, I would not be game enough to do it on my own. Maybe if I had the proper equipment though, but anyway I rang up the closest Subaru dealership and got a quote of $1700 for them to do a SMF conversion, and $675 was just for Labour, so it still would amount to be quite a fair saving if I did go with the cheap Ebay option which is why it was so enticing.

Beckers, I thought the Liberty range from Gen 3 onwards were fitted with a DMF, I'm no expert so I might be mistaken. I will double check if my car actually does have a DMF. To be honest I kinda assumed it did since the clutch pedal feels SO much heavier to put your foot down on compared to the other manual cars in my family by a large margin and I do doubt it has a SMF in there already.

XoN I think you might've been the final nail in the coffin and knocked some sense into my head. I might just wait and hold off on doing anything potentially regretful and until it really becomes a bigger problem, and wear the higher cost then. An extra $500 for the peace of mind really isn't that bad in the grand scheme of things, cheaping out never pays off.

Yeah it does seem that way XoN, but to be honest I really don't trust these shoddy grease monkeys in my local area and I wouldn't let them touch my car with a 10ft pole. I've dealt with them in the past and in my experience the car always comes out worse than before. I really need to find a mechanic friend that I can trust.

However, the best service I had received was from the Subaru dealer in Fountain Gate, they were absolutely superb. They were very friendly and answered all my questions and concerns in detail, the car actually felt and sounded like it had been re-birthed, kudos to them! It almost, just almost makes their extortionist prices worth it

Subaru would be charging $120.00 to $150.00 p/h.
For parts try Makin & Luby Parts in Heidleberg, they always look after me.

beckers1330 wrote:

Xon no mechanic can do an AWD subi clutch in 2 hours, in & out !!!
Hey crazy, since you are in Melb, maybe try URD in knoxfield, if he is still there ??

Just thought i'd update in case anyone else is looking at the same thing.

http://www.rapidrs.com.au/shop/?id=428

Turns out they borked the details/pricing. I contacted them and we sent a number of emails back and forth and they claimed that "There is a pricing issue with FJK-7115 throughout the system". So then next time I checked the price it had jumped up to $490. I sent them a nice thanks for stuffing me around and no chance I'll use you guys now reply.

Then managed to find a Clutch Industries kit on eBay for cheaps, brand new they claim. Hoping this one is legitimate.