I need to have the clutch on my 2006 Mazda 3 replaced (I've got 177k miles on the car, with the original clutch). I know people always say you should do the rear main seal, while the transmission is out.
But I was talking to a well recommended local transmission shop, the guy seemed really straightforward, and he said if my rear main seal is not leaking, he would not replace it, because the new parts he can get for that on my car are low quality these days. He said you just can't get a rear main seal now that's the quality of the original one.
I know from reading these forums that other things, like CV axels, have no good replacement parts anymore and people recommending rebooting the originall CV joints and keep the axel as long as possible. So the transmissions shop's comment about rear main seal part quality seemed plausible to me. What do people think? Should I follow the advice not to replace the rear main seal if it's not leaking?
But I was talking to a well recommended local transmission shop, the guy seemed really straightforward, and he said if my rear main seal is not leaking, he would not replace it, because the new parts he can get for that on my car are low quality these days. He said you just can't get a rear main seal now that's the quality of the original one.
I know from reading these forums that other things, like CV axels, have no good replacement parts anymore and people recommending rebooting the originall CV joints and keep the axel as long as possible. So the transmissions shop's comment about rear main seal part quality seemed plausible to me. What do people think? Should I follow the advice not to replace the rear main seal if it's not leaking?