Hi all

Sorry if this has been posted in the wrong section.....

I need some advice please. My Dual Mass Flywheel started making a grinding noise on my 2003 Ford Focus 1.8 TDCi a few weeks ago so I got it replaced, under recommendation from the repair garage, with a solid flywheel replacement kit from Valeo.

Fortunately my AA warranty covered most of the labour and conversion kit cost!

UNfortunately I am now left with significant periodic vibrations through the clutch pedal when depressed. This makes the car very irritating to drive and I probably will not be able to sell this on in it's current state. I was assured by the garage prior to repair that there is no difference in feel on the clutch changing from DMF to SMF. How wrong they were!

The garage did not notice how bad the vibrations were when initially test driving and still assure me that this is normal (although they are starting to doubt themselves after phoning them today!).

I can't believe that this level of vibration is normal.....does anyone know if the crankshaft pulley/damper should have been changed at the same time? Arn't the pulleys fitted different for DMF's compared to solid flywheels?? Is this just due to poor fitting of flywheel and clutch!?

Thanks