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Old 04-11-2019, 09:08 PM   #6
Geof3
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Originally Posted by elgyqc View Post
Hopefully my experiences will help someone else who is doing their clutch for the first time.

1) Place your jack stands or other supports so that they don't project past the rear of the jacking points. I use home-made lift bars on a Quickjack and if the lift bars are too far rearward they prevent removal of the front bolt on the diagonal aluminum braces. Had to drop the car and move the Quickjacks forward a couple of inches.
2) Be prepared to cut the exhaust bolts at the joint between the headers and the tail pipe and on the muffler clamps. I would of saved time if I had not tried to unbolt them.
3) If you strip one or more of the hex-screws holding the driveshaft to the transmission flange you can cut the head off and remove the stub of the bolt using vice-grips as in this photo.



4) After watching Ben Burner’s video on removing the flywheel and seeing it drop on the floor (followed by the comment “thats how not to remove the flywheel”) I come up with a method for safely removing it.

First I cut the head off one of the flywheel bolts to use as a stud to prevent the F/W from immediately falling when the last bolt is removed. The slot is to allow use of a screwdriver to screw it into the F/W



Next I attached a ratchet strap around the flywheel and the end of the strap was passed over the bar that supports the rear of the engine.





The strap allowed me to hold the weight of the F/W with one hand while removing the last bolt with the other. I could then wiggle the F/W off my stud and lower it onto the box that I had installed to catch it.



5) Check that your transmission jack can lift high enough to support the tranny and have a bit of lift in reserve. On my first try the jack was at its limit and I couldn’t get the last half-inch I needed to pull the transmission back. Adding a 2X6 under the tranny solved the problem.

Happy wrenching!
Good write up... not doing the IMS while you are in there?
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