Powertrain Removal info search
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Racer
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Powertrain Removal info search
Hello Corvette Fans,
I’ve been planning on tearing down my NM6 starting this weekend and I’ve read all the posts on pulling the transmission and Torque Tube (TT) procedures. I’ve seen on one post that a person placed a bottle jack with a block of wood at the front of the engine oil pan to maintain and/or position the engine at or near a 5Degree tilt to facilitate the Power train removal and installation. I’ve never seen this approach before and I would like to find any additional information on this?
Any other ideas would also be greatly appreciated and I’ll post some pics and any additional information that I can.
Thanks,
Steve
I’ve been planning on tearing down my NM6 starting this weekend and I’ve read all the posts on pulling the transmission and Torque Tube (TT) procedures. I’ve seen on one post that a person placed a bottle jack with a block of wood at the front of the engine oil pan to maintain and/or position the engine at or near a 5Degree tilt to facilitate the Power train removal and installation. I’ve never seen this approach before and I would like to find any additional information on this?
Any other ideas would also be greatly appreciated and I’ll post some pics and any additional information that I can.
Thanks,
Steve
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Hello Corvette Fans,
I’ve been planning on tearing down my NM6 starting this weekend and I’ve read all the posts on pulling the transmission and Torque Tube (TT) procedures. I’ve seen on one post that a person placed a bottle jack with a block of wood at the front of the engine oil pan to maintain and/or position the engine at or near a 5Degree tilt to facilitate the Power train removal and installation. I’ve never seen this approach before and I would like to find any additional information on this?
Any other ideas would also be greatly appreciated and I’ll post some pics and any additional information that I can.
Thanks,
Steve
I’ve been planning on tearing down my NM6 starting this weekend and I’ve read all the posts on pulling the transmission and Torque Tube (TT) procedures. I’ve seen on one post that a person placed a bottle jack with a block of wood at the front of the engine oil pan to maintain and/or position the engine at or near a 5Degree tilt to facilitate the Power train removal and installation. I’ve never seen this approach before and I would like to find any additional information on this?
Any other ideas would also be greatly appreciated and I’ll post some pics and any additional information that I can.
Thanks,
Steve
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From: Redding CA
This is one of the jobs that you'll want the service manual for or at least the service procedure.
I have it but only for the automatic I'm pretty sure.
If you want, PM me with your email address and I'll send you the info that I've got.
It's on my home computer and I'm typing this from work or I'd be able to tell you for sure if I have the manual procedure.
Did you see the writeup that DOPE or Cajundude did? That covers the job pretty dang well in my opinion. The "5 degree" tilt is just what the engine normally sits at (or very close)...the jack stand or block of wood is put in place(under the oil pan) to keep the engine from tilting back when you slide the torque tube/drivetrain out from the back of the engine bellhousing.
edit: also, I JUST DID THIS JOB like 3 months ago on my back in the driveway so take my word for it. You'll be removing a good 100+ nuts and bolts, 8-10 electrical connectors and their wire loom holder thingy's...it's just WAY WAY easier to have the actual service manual that has the good photos of EXACTLY what goes where and what gets torqued to what.
I have it but only for the automatic I'm pretty sure.
If you want, PM me with your email address and I'll send you the info that I've got.
It's on my home computer and I'm typing this from work or I'd be able to tell you for sure if I have the manual procedure.
Did you see the writeup that DOPE or Cajundude did? That covers the job pretty dang well in my opinion. The "5 degree" tilt is just what the engine normally sits at (or very close)...the jack stand or block of wood is put in place(under the oil pan) to keep the engine from tilting back when you slide the torque tube/drivetrain out from the back of the engine bellhousing.
edit: also, I JUST DID THIS JOB like 3 months ago on my back in the driveway so take my word for it. You'll be removing a good 100+ nuts and bolts, 8-10 electrical connectors and their wire loom holder thingy's...it's just WAY WAY easier to have the actual service manual that has the good photos of EXACTLY what goes where and what gets torqued to what.
Last edited by 00Corvette; Dec 7, 2010 at 07:27 PM.
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