Who here has changed their own clutch?

[redrocket]

Just got through doing it man I know working on these cars where a pain in the a** but damn took me two days to do it keeping getting the bell housing caught on the tunnel but i do say that it was definetly a new experience

Robbie

[Jubs180]

yup.. definitely a fun job

the last 2 times I had to get into the clutch/rear main oil seal..etc I just saved myself from being crushed, oil/grease in the eyes, task of trying to drop the transmission and just took out the whole engine

I found it easier, just a little more time consuming

and now... ..... i think i got a ****ty throwout bearing .......its already making noises as if its going out...and it hasn't even been a month since I changed my clutch...this really really pisses me off because I think I may have to pull the friggen engine again.arg.

-Dan

[S14 Stud]

hey just out of curiosity...how long does it usually take to take an engine out? I am looking at an engine swap maybe in a month or so.

[redrocket]

when you change your clutch last did you not change the throwout bearing? I have been told no matter what change the throwout bearing when changing the clutch that extra 15 dollars saves a whole lot of heart ache in the end i would think

Robbie

[Jubs180]

yes of course

I got the clutch kit with a lifetime warrenty from autozone for 109 i think?? clutch/pressure plate, and Throwout bearing/alignment tool....

i think it may just be bad from the factory, which SUCKS HARDCORE.

as for the engine..it is definitely a two person job.. I had to mostly do it myself which is what slowed things down.took 2 afternoons.

-Dan

[king240]

I've pulled the transmission out a few times, what makes the job much easier is to unbolt the exhaust at the front pipe&cat, allows the back of the engine to tilt down, exposing the top transmission bolts and giving more room to get the bellhousing out of the tunnel.

[Xeromist]

I've done it several times. Couple of times with help, once all by myself. Everytime something feels wierd in the drive line I get this lump in the pit of my stomach and I pray it goes away.

[lost93]

i change mine twice first time cause i put the disk in backward did not know the front from the the back it was a soild disk so less than 1000 miles later i had to get a new disk what pain but at least i knew what i was doing this time

[brian]

yea it was real fun for me too. going to take my transmission back out because 3 gear is all most out of it now.

[farm240sxboy]

I've done it on both of my 90 240's. Once with a lift an once on the ground. It is a tight fit that's for sure. I found that I had to twist the transmission to get the imput shaft into the preasure plate, and then twist it back. But hey it was a hell of a lot easier than dropping the subframe on a ford tarus SHO!

[Drift Machine]

It took me about 2 and a half days, to pull the engine(camshaft was busted in half and it had bent the head all to shat, but what do you expect for 800 buck), install a new flywheel clutch and throw out bearing, and put it all back together.