Clutch replacement chronicles...
03-14-2009, 06:07 PM
#1
Melting Slicks
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Clutch replacement chronicles...
Pulled out the drivetrain today:
gonna replace this:
with this:
AS SOON AS I CAN GET THE M-F'ing PILOT BEARING OUT.
gonna replace this:
with this:
AS SOON AS I CAN GET THE M-F'ing PILOT BEARING OUT.
03-14-2009, 07:50 PM
#3
Melting Slicks
Thread Starter
4 hours, 3 bearing puller tools and 3 deep bruises later... that bastard pilot bearing is out.
it took an amazing feat of man-strength to get that thing removed.
im out of town starting tomorrow, so I'll be buttoning everything back together next saturday.
it took an amazing feat of man-strength to get that thing removed.
im out of town starting tomorrow, so I'll be buttoning everything back together next saturday.
03-14-2009, 07:58 PM
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You have my sympathies having to do that job on the garage floor without a lift !! Next time you are trying to remove a pilot - take a propane torch or oxy acetelyne on low setting and heat the metal all around the bearing till it's good and hot. It will expand a couple of thousands and make it much easier to remove the bearing.
03-14-2009, 08:12 PM
#5
Melting Slicks
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You have my sympathies having to do that job on the garage floor without a lift !! Next time you are trying to remove a pilot - take a propane torch or oxy acetelyne on low setting and heat the metal all around the bearing till it's good and hot. It will expand a couple of thousands and make it much easier to remove the bearing.
... then I can pay someone to do this ****.
03-21-2009, 04:35 PM
#6
Melting Slicks
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Everythings back in the car and bolted up. Tomorrow all I have to do is bolt up the midpipe, replace the tranny/diff fluid and I get to fire her up!
I'm not sure that doing it myself was worth the backache, but its done now, no going back.
I'm not sure that doing it myself was worth the backache, but its done now, no going back.
03-22-2009, 04:45 PM
#8
Melting Slicks
Thread Starter
and its DONE.
everything is back together, car is running great. The thing sounds completely different with the new flywheel/pressure plate. All in all its a 22lb savings over the stock clutch, and you can definitely tell behind the wheel.
now I just have to relearn how to shift the damn thing, the revs drop so fast between upshifts.
everything is back together, car is running great. The thing sounds completely different with the new flywheel/pressure plate. All in all its a 22lb savings over the stock clutch, and you can definitely tell behind the wheel.
now I just have to relearn how to shift the damn thing, the revs drop so fast between upshifts.
