Changing Clutch?

[Guest Robo's]

Anyway give me some tips before i pull out the gearbox this week?? Do you take the tailshaft off from the diff?

[Craved]

the only thing i know about the process is the when putting it back in you should angle the engine up at the front to allow the gearbox to go back in easier and less chance of damage!!

[2rismo]

Like the man said. Jack up the front of the motor otherwise it wont go back on. Also, make sure that in the process of jacking the front up you're careful not to loosen or move the intercooler hoses. - First time I came onto boost the pipe blew and I had a 3" vaccuum leak that made the car a piece of shiznit.

Oh, and yeah, take the tailshaft out!

Adrian

[rev210]

don't do it!

getting the top bolts off the bellhousing are a bitch. You need about 3 socket extensions and two flexi-sockets.

Taking the gearbox out and putting the clutch (and reccomended flywheel ) in is easy.

Putting the gearbox back in is a complete bastard! It took me two days.

[Jay95R33]

We're doing another in 2 weeks.

Already done a R32 GTS4t - that was fun !!

And a Celica GT4 - even MORE fun.

Yeah, as said before, 3-4 1/2 inch extension bars are needed to get the top gearbox bolt out.

Apart from that - and what has been said before, get 2 trolly jacks for when your putting the box back in, it'll make your life a whole lot easier...

Just take your time when your putting the box back in. It won't go back in the first, second, third, or fourth time !! Took us an hour just to get it to move in that extra inch..

J

[Guest Robo's]

Originally posted by rev210

don't do it!

getting the top bolts off the bellhousing are a bitch. You need about 3 socket extensions and two flexi-sockets.  

Taking the gearbox out and putting the clutch (and reccomended flywheel ) in is easy.  

Putting the gearbox back in is a complete bastard! It took me two days.

Damn, and thats where i finished for the night, those 2 bolts, the rest was easy.

So i have to try something new.

[2rismo]

we used a spanner and a LOT of bruised knuckles and swearing for the top gearbox bolt.

snapped a couple in the process too.... for some reason itismuch easier to do itback up?!?!?

Adrian

[Guest Robo's]

The bolt on the gearbox side, i should be able to get that now, but the other one on the motor side, ill be buggered

[Guest Robo's]

Finally got the 2 bolts out, quite easy in the end,