CHOPPER1

Jason,

Thanks..you saved me a call to you on Monday. I've heard of this swap, but not much info on it. Thanks again..I'll be ordering one.
Spoke too soon..am I reading it wrong that they back ordered? if so when will they be in? The car is down for a few weeks for upgrades. Any ETA on these or am I reading stupid?

wstaab

That clutch install was done on jack stands due to the engine was out of the car and was going to be out for several months. I did not want to tie up a lift for that long.

Input shaft was from a trashed Viper T56 transmission I had laying around. I cut the shaft off with a cut of wheel.

Unreal

Got it all back together. Went to bleed the clutch and fluid starts pouring out of the torque tube. So pissed. Got to pull it all back apart. One of the fittings on the slave cylinder is leaking. I checked and double checked them. All I can think of is while routing the remote bleeder line it turned the fitting and loosened it up.

Yes I tilted the motor down.

thumperZ06

I too have had good results.. strongly recommend this as a must!! )

vertC6

Dude I feel for ya, that is the worst feeling in the world to put that kind of effort into something and to find out something is wrong and you have to take it all apart, if I had a dollar for everytime....

Let us know what you find, may help me if I decide to tackle this project.

bigleman

Before reading this thread, I think i could have handled doing nearly any kind of work to a car (except internal automatic transmission stuff ) but now I"m 99% sure I'll have a shop replace the clutch when the time comes. Having heard stories of people swapping out clutches on other cars in an AutoZone parking lot, I figured it was a lot simpler than this.

Unreal

I'm so fustrated. I checked and double checked the fittings there. I had to pull the torque tube once already before the tranny/rear were in to adjust the angle the bleeder came out. All I can think of is the bleeder loosened from messing with the line.

Katech_Zach

Yes, they're on backorder. Unfortunately I don't have an ETA yet.

lane_change

That sucks. Let me know what you find out. I'm doing my clutch swap myself in about 2 weeks, but I will be on a lift, so hopefully life will be a bit easier this way.

RichieRichZ06

Once I have more in stock, I sell just the pressure plate and disk(s) assembly for $725 shipped

Sorry to hear that. Make sure to get it good and tight.

vertC6

Question, when I do my heads and cam swap and have everything apart can you not just pull the engine to swap the clutch or does the tq tube have to come out?

Unreal

It was the master to slave line that was leaking. Just pouring fluid out where it went into the slave. Got it fixed and tranny/etc back in. Now I gotta do all the little stuff.

lane_change

That would be interesting...because my engine is down to just a bare short block. No fluids, no radiator, no nothing...just a bare block. That would be nice to do it that way for sure.

Unreal

Next time I'll listen to richie and just get the katech bleeder. Going with someone elses setup just to save some money cost me a lot more. The other vendor didn't even return my call when I told them they sent me a defective line.

Michael_D

Your ordeal persuaded me to make some phone calls today. One dealer will not touch the car, the other dealer has one 'vette' guy that will do the swap - for an estimated $1200, my favorite drive train shop won't touch the car and two other shops with borderline experience will do the swap for 1100, and 1050. I reckon I'll be swearing more than you were before I'm done, but I'm going to do the work myself anyway. Thanks for sharing your journey.

Unreal

Get some swiveling ratcheting wrenches, a good tranny jack, and some swivel extensions. Make sure everything is tight and lined up before going back in. Have a helper or two.

Vito.A

What size are the bell housing bolts?

On my C4 and C5, the trick to removing the bell housing bolts was a swivel socket and a 36" extension.

Unreal

13mm.

Beer, lots of beer. I've drank more these past 4 days then the rest of the year so far.

lane_change

What remote bleeder did you buy so I know what to stay away from.

RichieRichZ06

FWIW, we charge $850-$950 depending on mods for the complete labor on a clutch job in a C5/C6/ZR1. That is in the middle of what most people in this area charge, but we have Corvette Certified Techs doing all the work. Only our 2 best (and highest paid) techs do our Corvette work.

To the OP, Sorry to hear about the troubles with the "other brand" bleeder. That's why we will only install the Katech piece here. Now that it's all over, get out and put some miles on it so you can get it all broken in.