squealing noise when clutch is engaged

[jdhbraz]

no leaks on master and slave cylinder

[Caboobaroo]

It's a bad throw out bearing or a siezed pilot bearing. Either the transmission needs to be dropped or the engine needs to be pulled.

[jdhbraz]

It's a bad throw out bearing or a siezed pilot bearing. Either the transmission needs to be dropped or the engine needs to be pulled.

how much labor is involved and what is a reasonable quote?

[desertsubaru]

Depends on who is doing the job. Most garages charge by the book which can run into the thousands depending on hourly rate. If you look around and find a small independent work shop that does that kind of work for a fixed amount you can get them down into the Hundreds of dollars  for labor and parts.  Try to find a mom and pop garage that knows Subaru's.

[Caboobaroo]

For a clutch replacement, you're going to be anywhere between $500 and $1200 depending on what quality of parts are used, what shop is charging and anything else that might be added on. Any car over 150k miles, I will also replace the clutch fork. I will also replace both the exhaust manifold gaskets since it has to be removed to get the transmission out.

[Husky]

Purely out of curiousity here, but why do you replace the clutch fork, Caboobaroo? I just did a clutch job on my 170k OBW last summer and the clutch fork looked fine. Not saying that I know better, I'm still learning- which is why I'm curious why you choose to replace it.

[Caboobaroo]

I tend to see the fork crack right at the pivot point, usually between 150-200k. Granted I get the 200k+ cars with a broken fork too but as often as I see them break on cars under 200k, you tend to replace them.

 

If you can do a clutch quickly yourself, no need to replace it if it's not broken. A customer, it'll cost an extra $40 to do it when the clutch is being done or $600 to do it later when it fails. They fail quicker when it's not lubed properly from a previous clutch replacement if it was lubed at all.