I own a 1985 Nissan Z24 with 455K+ kilometers on her. Still has a lot of poop and I've grown accustomed to the old gal. We've been through a lot together.
A few months ago the starter started acting up. Made the sound of the Bendix not engaging.
Being a 5sp manual transmission, I Just just put my foot out and wiggled her back and forth a few times and she'd fire up.
This worked up until a few days ago and then it made an awful grinding noise after it started.
After I made it home that night, I pulled the starter and looked at the flywheel and the teeth had been badly damaged.
Being a bit of a DIY type guy, I decided to tackle the task of replacing the flywheel in my garage.
I've sent quite a few hours searching online for step by step instructions and I've done pretty well.....so far
I dropped the drive shaft behind the flexible "yoke" (not sure if that's the right name for it). There is still a short drive shaft that goes through the "yoke" and into the gearbox.
I have wound out all mounting bolts, disconnected speedo, clutch linkage, wiring, and all else that looks as if it needs to be undone.
Now, the transmission is up on jacks underneath the truck and I'm wondering how I'm going to get the short part of the drive shaft that comes out of the gearbox out of that "yoke".
There are mounting bolts that hold that "yoke" on but I'm not sure if I have to take that off.
I tend to be a guy that takes more apart than needs to be so, I figured I'd ask a few of you guys that may have had experience of this sort.
To be honest, I'm a journeyman carpenter by trade so auto mechanics is not my expertise. Mind you, I have turned many a wrench in my 51 years of being on this planet so I'm not a complete dunce in this sort of thing. When it comes to building, I have that beat. When it come to fixing vehicles, I'm never ashamed to ask for help.
