Re - Installing R33 Gearbox

[217/r33]

I dropped my gearbox on Sat night to replace clutch and flywheel.

Dropped the gearbox in a couple of hours and replaced clutch and flywheel ok. The car is on stands just at the front of the car, im using a hydrolic jack to push the box back into place but the firewall gets in the way of aligning the shaft into the clutch.

Have any of you experienced simular problems ????

Should i jack the car on 4 stands instead of it being on 2 to get the balance right? Or is there a speacial angle that the gearbox must sit on for it to go back in?

If any of you guys have any suggestions or tips on how to put the gearbox back in it would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Alex.

[wrxhoon]

It would be easier if the car was on 4 stands. You have to twist the box a little to get it in the tunnel ( the part where the starter fits has to go up ) then twist it back again. I hope you lined up the clutch though .

[ido09s]

as has already been said you need to twist the box about 45 degress clockwise (when looking from the back of the car) to get it back in.

[217/r33]

It would be easier if the car was on 4 stands. You have to twist the box a little to get it in the tunnel ( the part where the starter fits has to go up ) then twist it back again. I hope you lined up the clutch though .

as has already been said you need to twist the box about 45 degress clockwise (when looking from the back of the car) to get it back in.

Thanks heaps for that great info guys, I'm gana give it another try some times this week and hope to get it in. Its such a bastard of a job! I'm going to drop the exhuast this time and get it up on 4 stands so ive got some more room to work. I've also rang a gearbox place and they also said that you need to twist the box so that the starter motor part face's down.

Thanks again for the great input, and thanks to grigor for the PM

Cheers,

Alex.

[217/r33]

Oh and yes i did line up the clutch . Not my 1st time doing it but never done a R33! Didn't think this thing would be so heavy and tight ... The 180 CA18DET was an angel heh :sorcerer:

[T04GTR]

you need to remove the whole gearbox crossmember and gear delector to turn the box easily

[sinistaGTR]

yeh and nearly gotta turn it right round to clear the tunnel walls, we did mine on stands i got covered in gear box oil (stupid bung fellout) it took us a bit lotsa wriggling etc etc to get it in

[johan.p.g]

we had someone sit on the back of the engine and push back this tilts the back of the engine down and makes it easier to slot the new gbox in

[johan.p.g]

we had someone sit on the back of the engine and push back this tilts the back of the engine down and makes it easier to slot the new gbox in

[johan.p.g]

we had someone sit on the back of the engine and push back this tilts the back of the engine down and makes it easier to slot the new gbox in

[mattymagoo22]

yeah jacking the front of the engine up a little to tilt it back and also turning the engine over by hand/spanner/belts etc to get the splines on the input shaft to slot into the clutch disc.

hope this helps someone.

[ido09s]

tilting the engine back will maybe make it a little easier, but it is not needed if the box is spun into the right position to start with