b16 clutch help.
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Re: b16 clutch help.
Yes I could.. I could say.. "Hi I'm doing something to a car. Help me." Thats a lot less specific. Either way, I just need to know what you have to do to get it off. Take off the axels, that's one thing. Some more suggestions please?
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Re: b16 clutch help.
better if it's two people working on it.
raise the car and start by removing wheels, ball joints, axles, etc.
support the engine block away from the transmission.
disconnect the tranny top and front mounts, then the rear. you can support the block from below using 2x4 blocking, or from above using a hoist - if one's available.
when the transmission bolts are off, slide the transmission away from the engine. it'll have to drop a bit to be removed from underneath the car.
very straightforward from there - remove old clutch, remove flywheel to have resurfaced/replaced (must do). clean/degrease flywheel before installing new clutch disk/pressure plate. tighten everything with a torque wrench. use a new throw out bearing and grease it up just like the service manual says.
transmission will have to go on from below, so - again - better if you have help. someone to support it from above and another to guide it from below.
your friend should expect to spend an entire day, if not weekend, since this is his first time. tell him to be methodical, pay attention to directions in the service manual & those that came with the new clutch. if he's going to reuse his flywheel, he needs to make sure the machine shop resurfaces both faces of the flywheel - there's a step.
those flywheel bolts can a pita some times. good luck!
raise the car and start by removing wheels, ball joints, axles, etc.
support the engine block away from the transmission.
disconnect the tranny top and front mounts, then the rear. you can support the block from below using 2x4 blocking, or from above using a hoist - if one's available.
when the transmission bolts are off, slide the transmission away from the engine. it'll have to drop a bit to be removed from underneath the car.
very straightforward from there - remove old clutch, remove flywheel to have resurfaced/replaced (must do). clean/degrease flywheel before installing new clutch disk/pressure plate. tighten everything with a torque wrench. use a new throw out bearing and grease it up just like the service manual says.
transmission will have to go on from below, so - again - better if you have help. someone to support it from above and another to guide it from below.
your friend should expect to spend an entire day, if not weekend, since this is his first time. tell him to be methodical, pay attention to directions in the service manual & those that came with the new clutch. if he's going to reuse his flywheel, he needs to make sure the machine shop resurfaces both faces of the flywheel - there's a step.
those flywheel bolts can a pita some times. good luck!