wannabfast

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So i have removed all 8 15mm bolts holding the tranny to the bell housing i am trying to get the tranny to move so i can loosen the 2 10mm bolts to the slave but for some reason i cant get the tranny to move at all any help/suggestions?
thanks
Ean

IamSam

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Double check and make sure you have all bolts out.. i thought i did but the upper right bolt was hidden and still in. If you are sure they have all been removed, take some rust penetrent and spray all around the edges of the bellhousing. The dowel pins become seized and makes removal pretty touch. Just work with it.. it'll come loose.

bongva

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Exactly as this he states. I use a pry bar of some sort and gently try to pry it apart.

therabidweasel

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+ 1, but my prying wasn't that gentle. my dowels were pretty corroded. try and some pb blaster on those first

wannabfast

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ok thanks ill try tonight when i get home from school and work. I used a pry bar and couldnt get it to budge, and i also shook the SH** out of it trying to get it to break loose. I will keep you guys posted. thanks

AMS13

I found it to be easier when I had a friend push (well more like kick) the tail shaft of the tranny towards the driver side of the car, it separated the tranny from the bell housing enough to get my prybar in.

01whitez

If your dowel pins are corroded (like mine were) it's extremely difficult to get the trans out. My Transmission to bell housing dowels weren't as bad as my bell housing to engine dowels. If you are SURE you have the bolts out, do as AMS13 said (if your trans is secure on a good jack)... Kick the tail shaft. When you get it off, hit those dowels with a little sand paper and finish them with anti-seize before reinstall!

wannabfast

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i kicked the hell out of the tailshaft and it still wouldnt seperate at all to get a pry bar in. Any thing i can do?

got-a-ls1

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i remember when i took out my auto to install the converter i took off the starter and the other inspection cover on the other side to get some good pry points. been a long time though lol.. when i did the t56 swap it was on the floor on the kmember.. pretty easy, and nice slots right beside the dowels, though i dont think you can cleanly get to them in the car.

got-a-ls1

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also it helps to keep the trans neutrally supported.. if all the weight is only the dowels either from the weight hanging or the jack pushing up it will make it very hard to come off.

wannabfast

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Man no joke i have tried everything. everything went super smooth until this point. Just a little irritated because i thought i could have this out and back in, in no time.

BarneyMobile

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An easy trick, hook the clutch line back into the slave. Push the clutch pedal and the slave should push the trans off of the dowels seperating the trans from the bellhousing.

01whitez

THIS^^^ If you have two people and it still doesn't come off, try this AND kick the tail shaft... If it STILL doesn't come off, I would say you have forgotten a bolt somehow...

disc0monkey

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this is a awesome trick!!

wannabfast

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sweet thats a good idea. will test out tomorrow. thanks guys for all the help

wannabfast

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so just wanted to let you guys know that pushing the clutch in definately worked and i greatly appreciate the help guys. Dowels were super nasty. thanks again for all the help