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YOUR RESEARCHCould use some advice for clutch work
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Finally, what kind of grease is used (or not used) for the throw-out bearing and pilot bearing surfaces--the manual mentions not using grease for the throw-out, which seems odd, and doesn't say anything concerning the pilot.
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The angle made it so the back was quite high - we didnt have a tranny jack, but used another floor jack and with 2 guys it was a bit of a struggle.
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About how high do I need to get the car to have room to drop the transmission (using a transmission jack), and are there any issues that might jump out of nowhere and surprise me during the drop--a commonly seized bolt or something like that.
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Finally, what kind of grease is used (or not used) for the throw-out bearing and pilot bearing surfaces--the manual mentions not using grease for the throw-out, which seems odd, and doesn't say anything concerning the pilot.
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About how high do I need to get the car to have room to drop the transmission (using a transmission jack), and are there any issues that might jump out of nowhere and surprise me during the drop--a commonly seized bolt or something like that.
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What's that, transmission? You say you need a new throw-out and pilot bearing a week after I spend near 3 grand fixing transmission shaft bearings? Bad Transmission! BAD!
Seriously, my throw-out starts squeaking a week after I change the transmission bearings, and the pilot is chattering and making a scrunching noise when cold. I haven't talked with the dealer yet, which I just realized I need to do, but I can't imagine dropping the transmission would have messed these up unless he grossly misaligned something on the reinstall. But I'll give them a call.
Expecting them to tell me to screw off or pay for replacement, I'm planning on doing this myself, so I just had a few questions for people who have done it before.
About how high do I need to get the car to have room to drop the transmission (using a transmission jack), and are there any issues that might jump out of nowhere and surprise me during the drop--a commonly seized bolt or something like that. Finally, what kind of grease is used (or not used) for the throw-out bearing and pilot bearing surfaces--the manual mentions not using grease for the throw-out, which seems odd, and doesn't say anything concerning the pilot.
Of course, any general tips are appreciated.
I helped do this job on the floor once. We jacked the *** up high enough for stands under the rear jacking points and left the nose on the ground. The angle made it so the back was quite high - we didnt have a tranny jack, but used another floor jack and with 2 guys it was a bit of a struggle. I think the tranny jack will help ALOT - no bolts were any big problem, the wierd thing was how the trans, went back in... it didnt "click" or "drop" onto the pins like I would have expected and we took it out to make sure there wasnt an issue with the shaft/disc alignment.... nope, it just doenst butt up tigh without the bolts ?? that was wierd, but we did swap tranny's so maybe that was part of it?
no greese in our case and he has been happy with the results
he took a day to remove and I came to help install the second day... we are old and it was better to not try and do it all in one day.
Well the transmission shaft has to fit its way in to the pilot bearing, so you can't just push it on there without the bolts.
So you did it just jacking up the rear end; do you recall how tall the stands were?
Thanks for the info.
They were just regular like Sears or something...nothing special and we jacked the rear till the nose was pretty close to the ground up front....thats all the higher you can go w/o some new paint on the front bumper
With the car raised up like that, how did you have the engine supported? Did he have that fancy special tool that supports it or just a jackstand with a wood block?
