Torque tube removal?
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St. Jude Donor '08
Here is a great instructional thread. The OP James will help you if you have questions. He's a great gent.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...full-pics.html
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Here is a great instructional thread. The OP James will help you if you have questions. He's a great gent.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...full-pics.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...full-pics.html
Yes check out my thread, I just did mine not long so it's still fresh in my head. The Link Joe posted was mine that I just did and if you have any questions I'm all ears and enjoy helping out.
If you don't already have one, get a remote bleeder. it makes clutch fluid care a breeze. Got my remote bleeder from Katech and they also supplied a new slave with the ZR1 clutch. I'm sure they have a decent price on the slave alone.
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Thanks JoeG for the shout out and kind words.
Yes check out my thread, I just did mine not long so it's still fresh in my head. The Link Joe posted was mine that I just did and if you have any questions I'm all ears and enjoy helping out.
If you don't already have one, get a remote bleeder. it makes clutch fluid care a breeze. Got my remote bleeder from Katech and they also supplied a new slave with the ZR1 clutch. I'm sure they have a decent price on the slave alone.
Yes check out my thread, I just did mine not long so it's still fresh in my head. The Link Joe posted was mine that I just did and if you have any questions I'm all ears and enjoy helping out.
If you don't already have one, get a remote bleeder. it makes clutch fluid care a breeze. Got my remote bleeder from Katech and they also supplied a new slave with the ZR1 clutch. I'm sure they have a decent price on the slave alone.
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St. Jude Donor '15
Yes, it will angle down since the only thing holding it are the engine mounts which only stop it from twisting, not tilting (to some degree anyways)
I don't remember it wanting to lean all that much on it's own, I think I used a jack during install just to keep the engine at the right angle to get the torque tube / input shaft installed, but I don't recall it really needing much. It isn't like the back of the engine is going to fall down 45* or something as soon as the torque tube is out of the way.
I don't remember it wanting to lean all that much on it's own, I think I used a jack during install just to keep the engine at the right angle to get the torque tube / input shaft installed, but I don't recall it really needing much. It isn't like the back of the engine is going to fall down 45* or something as soon as the torque tube is out of the way.
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Yes, it will angle down since the only thing holding it are the engine mounts which only stop it from twisting, not tilting (to some degree anyways)
I don't remember it wanting to lean all that much on it's own, I think I used a jack during install just to keep the engine at the right angle to get the torque tube / input shaft installed, but I don't recall it really needing much. It isn't like the back of the engine is going to fall down 45* or something as soon as the torque tube is out of the way.
I don't remember it wanting to lean all that much on it's own, I think I used a jack during install just to keep the engine at the right angle to get the torque tube / input shaft installed, but I don't recall it really needing much. It isn't like the back of the engine is going to fall down 45* or something as soon as the torque tube is out of the way.
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You need to push the harness upwards to get it out of the slots on the tube. The harness stays there. Disconnect it completely from the rear but it stays there
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St. Jude Donor '15
Yep. That's what I use too. I use that for the rear cradle and a cheapo transmission jack at the front of the torque tube to make it easy to roll around. The one I have is too wide to fit up into the tunnel so I can't really use it to help get things in/out but it's still nice to have an easy way to move things around once it's all down on the ground