93M6Formula

Hey guys, I started pulling my T-56 tonight to do my clutch swap and I got everything out of the way and all the bolts out of the case (i'm pulling the case from the bellhousing) and I can't get it to budge, am I doing it wrong??

Whats methods are you guys doing to pull it?

1995 Z28

Did you get the 6 bolts even the ones on the very top by the breather?

I just did mine last weekend and we just took the whole tranny out with the housing then for re instal we just did the bell housing then put the tranny to the bell housing

rad23

use a trans jack... lift up and pull out. make sure everything is not connected, and shake the mess out of it

93M6Formula

I think I got em all, i have 6 bolts laying on the floor anyway haha. I'm just wondering if it's easier to pull the trans as one whole unit instead of leaving the bellhousing.

93M6Formula

Yeah i'm gonna borrow my uncles trans jack,that should help i think.

lt1_2buku

iTrader: (4)

When I pulled mine I was forgetting about the 2 at the very top (driver and passenger side). I pulled my shifter console to get to them with extensions. I just counted the holes on the tranny and there should be eight bolts.

1995 Z28

Mines a 95 so I wouldn't think your case is different than mine for bolt patterns.. Make sure it's all jaked up and jiggle wiggle pull if you have every out of the way.

But taking the unit out as a whole wasn't too difficult.

93M6Formula

Is this on the bellhousing? or the center piece between the case and the bellhousing?

toomany

Did you pull the clutch fork? I was fighting mine till I slid the fork out...practicly fell out after that.

lt1_2buku

iTrader: (4)

there are eight bolt holes on the tranny itself. you are going to leave the bell housing attached to the block right? or do you want me to count the bolts from the bell housing to the block?

93M6Formula

I'm pulling the case from the bellhousing first, and yeah I only pulled 6 bolts so I must have missed 2 of them, so that would explain my problem hahaha. I should be able to get it now. Thanks for the help!

93M6Formula

I haven't pulled the fork yet but I hear that can be a pain when pulling the trans.

whytryz28

iTrader: (28)

They're only 6 bolt holes on the back of the block, the other 2 are alignment pins.

lt1_2buku

iTrader: (4)

yeah but I think hes pulling the casing from the bell housing. I didnt count the holes on the block side.

shbox

You can't remove the trans without pulling the clutch fork out, first. You merely need to pull it out toward the side of the car, disengaging it from the throwout bearing.

tbag_skywalker

There are 8 tranny-to-bellhousing bolts and 6 bellhousing-to-block bolts. Doesn't matter if the car is a 95 or 97, same bolt pattern for all.

As shbox already stated, pull the clutch fork or you won't get the tranny out. You won't be able to pull it all the way out, just an inch or two till it feels loose and its not engaged over the throwout bearing anymore.

ohiolt1

iTrader: (1)

Just like shbox said, I've run into that as well. Make sure the trans is in neutral and pull the clutch fork out. It should slide out from that point. Taking it out is easy, but getting it back in usually involves a fight.