by "uofime-2" (uofime-2)
Published 02/20/2017 at 14:48
by "uofime-2" (uofime-2)
Published 02/20/2017 at 14:48
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Those that have been following along knew this was coming and this weekend it was finally time to pull out my transmission and replace the clutch that I had destroyed via various acts of stupidity and generosity. The first step is to gather some naive and/or generous friends to help you out, this is not a job you want to do by yourself.
Then tear everything off that is attached to the car from the transmission that are best accessed from the top, that’ll include things like the starter, numerous grounds, some sensors, a slave cylinder, the dogbone and finally the top transmission bolts. Then, get the car up good and high, high enough to get the trans out from underneath, but not so high as to make working under it a pain (you do have to pull the trans off the engine and shove it back on). Now you can tear everything off underneath, remove those minor things like half shafts, prop shaft, a pesky exhaust pipe, shifter cables and then finally the bottom transmission bolts.
At this point the transmission should just slide right off the back of the engine into your awaiting bear hug below. Except in reality it won’t do that because it’s probably (definitely) seized to the engine. So now you begin releasing strings of expletives, try shaking the thing, end up just rocking the engine cause the mounts are so soft. At which point more expletives are required and you get out a hammer, maybe some putty knives, cold chisel and assorted pry bars and what ever else you can fit in there to try to split the two. With a little luck the thing will finally let go.
Time to survey the damage:
and begin cleaning everything up than needs to go back in
Use a healthy dose of brakleen to degunk the bell housing, paying special attention to the input shaft and pivot ball (a couple cans should do it), give the shifter fork a good cleaning and inspection too before spreading some hightemp grease on all the contact surfaces
reinstall the fork and a new throw out bearing (OEM please). The old TOB was trashed as well, the outer and inner races had significant play, no wonder that was making noises as well. Installation is the reverse of disassembly(just ask the FSM)
Send a quick prayer to the gearhead god, that you’ve dotted your T’s and crossed your I’s and turn the key and see if it will come back to life and move under it’s own power. Now re-learn how to drive the car with the new lightweight flywheel and stronger pressure plate (prepare for lots of stalling)
This whole escapade took me and a rolling group of 5-7 buddies of mine about 8 hours to complete from 10 am to 6 pm and by the time we were done we’d all pretty much had our fell or working on cars for the day so my new strut tops will have to wait for another day.
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
02/20/2017 at 14:54, STARS: 1
That’s pretty clutch. Sorry.
"uofime-2" (uofime-2)
02/20/2017 at 15:00, STARS: 0
No need to apologize, this whole post was full of bad jokes and puns!
"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
02/20/2017 at 15:07, STARS: 2
stop trying to make clutch happen!
"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
02/20/2017 at 15:08, STARS: 0
always handy to have 2 identical cars as spares
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
02/20/2017 at 15:11, STARS: 1
Thanks for bearing with me, I thought I was gonna be thrown out of the thread.
"uofime-2" (uofime-2)
02/20/2017 at 15:11, STARS: 1
Came in handy putting the starter back on as there was a spare post with no wire on it, that we were convinced was wrong, FSM wasn’t entirely clear so we poped my buddies hood and checked that it was how it was meant to be.
In case you happen to be in the same situation, yes indeed the starter is not directly grounded, it is grounded through the transmission. However, there is a hefty ground bolted to the transmission right near the starter
"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
02/20/2017 at 15:14, STARS: 1
I found the same was handy when I thought a friend’s clutch fork was broken. parked my identical impreza next to his and wiggled both forks. YUP, clearly broken.
"uofime-2" (uofime-2)
02/20/2017 at 15:24, STARS: 0
Let’s pivot this back to civilized conversation
"Brickman" (legomaniacman)
02/20/2017 at 16:06, STARS: 2
The master will deal with you later :P
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
02/21/2017 at 05:28, STARS: 1
so a good days wrenching then.
"uofime-2" (uofime-2)
02/21/2017 at 08:45, STARS: 0
Oh yeah, great day of wrenching!
"Tazio, Count Fouroff" (tazio0625)
02/21/2017 at 11:42, STARS: 0
Great thread, thanks. So from the posts it’s truly as easy as the SM’s make it sound, then?
1. Remove transmission.
2. Disassemble old clutch.
3. Fit replacement item.
4. Refit trans. Installation is the reverse of removal.
Four steps, done. Seriously, the thread totally makes it sound that easy. [the SM’s on my particular vehicles usually add 2 steps, “disconnect/reconnect battery”]
Way to git ‘er done like a boss!
"uofime-2" (uofime-2)
02/21/2017 at 16:39, STARS: 1
The one thing the SM always leaves out is beer, other than that yeah they’re perfect!
"Tazio, Count Fouroff" (tazio0625)
02/21/2017 at 17:16, STARS: 1
Haha yeah the FSM’s always seem to omit aftermarket stuff don’t they? ;-)