Drivetrain tools?
Drifting
Joined: May 2007
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From: Huntersville, NC
If you have to take the bellhousing off, then you will need to loosen, but not remove the four front crossmember bolts. Then the engine will tilt a bit more to get it out and clear the intake on the firewall OK. ALSO DO NOT take an impact gun to the cross member bolts. They are hand tool remove only. They have an anti-rotation tab that rivets to the frame, and if you break the tab or the rivet in the rear you will have to cut your trunk tub to fix.
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Drifting
Joined: Sep 2005
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From: Tallahassee FL
If you have to take the bellhousing off, then you will need to loosen, but not remove the four front crossmember bolts. Then the engine will tilt a bit more to get it out and clear the intake on the firewall OK. ALSO DO NOT take an impact gun to the cross member bolts. They are hand tool remove only. They have an anti-rotation tab that rivets to the frame, and if you break the tab or the rivet in the rear you will have to cut your trunk tub to fix.
And yes, I did read that about not using an impact wrench on those nuts holding the cradles. Thanks. But I wasn't planning to anyway. I don't even use an impact wrench on the lug nuts. I find it strangely comforting to use hand tools, so I just remove all nuts and bolts manually. However, I may use a power tool for the tunnel plate bolts. I'd probably get carpal tunnel doing all of those manually.
I've got a torque spec sheet over in the garage somewhere, as I torque everything according to specs.
