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kiwi32 Contributor

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I can swap a r32 box in about 2 hours thats on my own with the car on stands ive had abit of practice though. Ive done it about 6 times on my own cars.

The easiest way i found to get it back in is to lay under the car with your head under the sump with the gearbox beside you. lift the bell housing onto your chest so you can push it up with your arms then put your knees under the tail shaft end and push the whole box up and in, its easy to wiggle it about to line up in this position . Its a damn good arm workout too.

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johan.p.g Enthusiast

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Whatever you do don’t get a bunch of mates that aren’t mechanical 2 help u it results in serious pain and a quite hefty swelling when it falls of the jack onto your arm

So I know for next time is there an easy way to get the box off the jack afterwards

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whiter31gxe Contributor

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best way to get it back in is with 2 people:-

Lay the box in about the right spot on the ground.

Get a small rope

Put the rope around the end of the gearbox. Get the helper to get in the car and pull the rope up. This will then lift the rear of the box up. You can then lift the box by the bell housing, and slide it right in. (might have to issue a few height adjustment commands to the helper 1st;)

ookami Experienced

ookami

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to get the top bolt in and out easier use a really long extension a swivel joint and a rattle gun. just run the extension up along the top of the gearbox in the tunnel. You can try jacking the front of the engine a very small amount to lower the bolt a bit. DO THIS WITH CARE!!!! Otherwise you'll bend stuff, squash the stuff behind the engine bent various thing in the engine bay etc.

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i changed my clutch, and put in thje OS GIKEN crossmission gearset when i had the engien pulled out, so i pulled the GB out to. DAMN, i dont want to do that ever again. at the job i have acces to a 2pole hoist, but at the time i was going to put the engine in we had a 12cyl, 11.3l haulpack engine hoisted on it, because the chain hoist couldnt lift the engine. so we did the job on the floor with 4 jack stands, that is putting the box in, and the engine. and i am not the smallest person i am 6ft 7in. the GTR box is fckin heavy, lifting with 2 persons we were able to put in in position, bolting it on was easy, use airtools :/

Abo Bob Grand Master

Abo Bob

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Another vote for the really long extention bar for those top two bolts. I actually used Duncans wobly ended extension bars to take it out then my long extension to put it back in. If you have the right angle your ratchet is about where the cat goes in a straight line.

The other thing that is handy is to get your chinese/australian mate to put the socket on the bolt for you with his little hands. :) (Thanks Ed)

Takes me about 500 hours to do anything.

The only thing I can really add to this thread is why are you undoing your tailshaft? And are you marking it when you do to make sure you put it back together the way it was before?

I just undid the 2 bolts holding the middle section of the tailshaft to the body then bent the 3 uni joints until the yoke part came out of the box. Easy.

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