Concentric-shaft wet DCTs aren't bad - for example, replacing the clutch pack on a VW DQ250 is very similar to replacing the torque converter on an automatic. Y

Concentric-shaft wet DCTs aren't bad - for example, replacing the clutch pack on a VW DQ250 is very similar to replacing the torque converter on an automatic. You have to drain it but it's not particularly involved. There's basically a cover on the bell housing behind the flywheel, drain the fluid, remove the snap ring, and you're looking at the clutch pack. Lift it off and lift a new one back on. Rebuilding the clutch packs themselves is a tedious and obnoxious process, because they're a giant stack of friction material that needs to be shimmed into tolerance, but you often just buy the clutch pack as a whole assembly. I'd massively prefer a wet clutch even for long term serviceability - a few hundred dollars or less every year or two for fresh fluid and you've got a long service life before an expensive removal.