Am I forgetting something?
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From: Massachusetts
Am I forgetting something? I can't get the transmission (t56, 6060 or whatever manual transmission was in a 2001 trans am) to come off the bell housing. I double checked to see all 8 bolts are removed, 2 of which were a small nightmare to remove. I removed the drive shaft. I removed the transmission mount at the other end holding it up to the car. If i let the jack down, the end hangs down, but i don't want to break anything so I jacked it up just a touch. Why does it feel like it's glued together? Did I forget something and if it's just seized up on the dowls or whatever, what can I do? This is frustrating.
Are you trying to remove the transmission with the bell housing still attached to the engine? If so did you also disconnect the line to the clutch slave and remove the shift lever from the transmission? Do you have the transmission supported with a floor or transmission jack?
When I removed the trans with the engine still in the car. Once I got the whole care off the ground I disconnected the line to the slave cylinder, removed the driveshaft and harness connections, unbolted the transmission from the bell housing and supported the transmission with a floor jack. Once you have the driveshaft out, the slave disconnected and the stick shift removed you should be able to slide the input shaft back away from the clutch.
Thread Starter
TECH Apprentice
Joined: Oct 2016
Posts: 321
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From: Massachusetts
Thanks guys. The darn transmission was just seized onto the dowel pins. I had to get a screwdriver and hammer it into the slot above the slave to create some separation. I didnt want, but nothing else was working. I'm not a weak guy or small guy either. Gm replaced that transmission back in 2004. I bet they used no antiseize. I still cant believe how glued it was. I thought there was some bolt I forgot about.
