anybody changed a clutch in driveway?
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anybody changed a clutch in driveway?
like the title says....has anyone done a clutch swap on your back in the driveway? I have a new clutch coming in and MIGHT have a lift i can use at an auto shop i used to work at....but no promises. I know the lift would be soooo much easier but incase of a worse case scenario i just wanted to know if anyone had some pointers of doing it "shadetree mechanic" style.
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Well, I did it in my garage, which would be the same as a driveway only covered!
Put the rear tires up on a pair of ramps, then use a set of the heavy duty (3 ton I think?) jackstands that go up about 2' or so somewhere under the front. This should get the car up enough to drop the trans. A trans jack is nice, but I just used a pair of floorjacks - one in the front of the trans, one in the rear - to maneuver the trans around to drop it. Then had a 6'4 250lb brother in law bench it into place for the reinstall. But the pair of jacks would've been fine there too.
Its not much harder to do that way, and I'd venture to guess most on this board like myself don't have the luxury of a lift, and we've all been successful at it - heck it was the first clutch job I'd ever done.
Put the rear tires up on a pair of ramps, then use a set of the heavy duty (3 ton I think?) jackstands that go up about 2' or so somewhere under the front. This should get the car up enough to drop the trans. A trans jack is nice, but I just used a pair of floorjacks - one in the front of the trans, one in the rear - to maneuver the trans around to drop it. Then had a 6'4 250lb brother in law bench it into place for the reinstall. But the pair of jacks would've been fine there too.
Its not much harder to do that way, and I'd venture to guess most on this board like myself don't have the luxury of a lift, and we've all been successful at it - heck it was the first clutch job I'd ever done.
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I pulled everyting apart myslef in just under 2 hours. I put it back together with the help of a buddy in 3. This was on 6 ton jackstands that put the car 3' in the air.
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I did it over the course of a week's vacation in the summer, but that was going extremely slow and waiting for some additional parts/tools to come in. Plus it was my first time and I was triple checking everything and running back and forth to the computer to reference the install docs. And I changed the pilot bearing which was a bit of a PITA with the shitty harbor frieght bearing puller that had to be severely modified to work. I would say working diligently straight through, with the right tools probably about 8 hours. With the added experience now, I could probably do it in 4-5 hours.
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Mine was also my first clutch install. Took about 2.5 hrs to disassemble, and about 4 or 5 to assemble(had trouble lining up the input shaft). Had car on jack stands a little over 2 feet up. Had to have my step dad help me bench press the tranny into place over and over (about 5 times) trying to line up the input shaft and slide it home. Here is a tip: open the bleeder valve on the slave cylinder when you go to slide the tranny back in. If I had done that the first time we tried to install the tranny, it would have worked on the second try .
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Originally Posted by bulletLS1
buy about three full lenght extensions for your rachet to make a loooooooong extension, to reach the uper bellhousing bolts from the rear!
I prefer to remove the tranny alone, it's easier for me...
Same for the install: first the clutch, then the bellhousing, the the tranny
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is there a write up on how to change a clutch . . i know its pretty straight forward ive changed a clutch on my friends integra. . but i dont wanna forget anythign . . if u guys could help me out. .
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yah...when my car only had 40,000miles on it the transmission decided to lock up on me. I was working at an auto shop in my hometown so thankfully i got to use the 2 post lift...but i do remember trying to pull the bellhousing and all at once. It was a BITCH!! we had to end up taking off the tranny first b/c the bellhousing was stuck on the motor. Has anyone else had a problem trying to get the bellhousing off the motor? and if so any pointers?
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Originally Posted by LS1powerhouse02
yah...when my car only had 40,000miles on it the transmission decided to lock up on me. I was working at an auto shop in my hometown so thankfully i got to use the 2 post lift...but i do remember trying to pull the bellhousing and all at once. It was a BITCH!! we had to end up taking off the tranny first b/c the bellhousing was stuck on the motor. Has anyone else had a problem trying to get the bellhousing off the motor? and if so any pointers?
Some WD40 helped a little.
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Yeah I used I believe a 24" extension to get the top pass side trans to bellhousing bolt, and went from the rear of the trans.
And a tip when putting the bellhousing back on during reinstall - put a bit of anti-sieze on the alignment dowels so the next time you have to drop the trans, the bellhousing won't be so hard to get off.
And a tip when putting the bellhousing back on during reinstall - put a bit of anti-sieze on the alignment dowels so the next time you have to drop the trans, the bellhousing won't be so hard to get off.
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Ive always pulled my trans (RWD & FWD) complete, with bellhousing.
Ill check if mine could be easier that way, because I finished a fresh engine and im with the dilema of installing engine from top (a PIA) or complete w/tranny and Kmember from bottom.
Ill check if mine could be easier that way, because I finished a fresh engine and im with the dilema of installing engine from top (a PIA) or complete w/tranny and Kmember from bottom.
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I didnt even know you could reach the top bellhousing bolts with the tranny still attached. I have alyways removed and replaced it seperatly. Plus when you seperate them, it is easier to manuver because it is lighter and less bulkier.
BTW... I am a proud owner of 12' worth of extensions. 1 alone is 3' long.
BTW... I am a proud owner of 12' worth of extensions. 1 alone is 3' long.
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Originally Posted by Robinator
I didnt even know you could reach the top bellhousing bolts with the tranny still attached. I have alyways removed and replaced it seperatly. Plus when you seperate them, it is easier to manuver because it is lighter and less bulkier.
BTW... I am a proud owner of 12' worth of extensions. 1 alone is 3' long.
BTW... I am a proud owner of 12' worth of extensions. 1 alone is 3' long.