Clutch change - Tuner-Junction

sloganish · #1 (**permalink**) March 7th, 2006, 11:07 PM

i finally did it, i pulled something BIG from my car....the tranny, replaced the clutch...ill post up some pics in a min...i had it all done yesterday, but then the drivers side axel nut wouldnt come off, broke 3 new wrenchs bent 1/4" steel pipes, nothing wrked, broke a shop force airgun on it, finally torched the shit out of it to get it off..(btw i know you dont need to pull that axel nut off, but we wanted to for sfteys sake) so we put everything abck together, the next day got it all pulled apart and now its in working order ready for some mad burnoutz yo!@ picsll be up shortly

scottigee · #2 (**permalink**) March 7th, 2006, 11:21 PM

That's awesome! congrats dude!
Try not to burn it out before you get your swap

theCrimsonEK · #3 (**permalink**) March 8th, 2006, 12:54 AM

Awesome man. How long did it take you?

Slipjack · #4 (**permalink**) March 8th, 2006, 02:32 AM

Take it easy on that clutch for a while. A good 500 miles driving like grandma should do it. If you slap a new clutch in and immediately take it out for burnouts you'll just have to replace it again. No track, no racing, no hard shifts for a while if you want it to last.

Congrats though!

yellowrexsi · #5 (**permalink**) March 8th, 2006, 04:05 AM

^^^^what he said^^^^^

sloganish · #6 (**permalink**) March 8th, 2006, 08:33 AM

hey everyone, thanks for the comments, i didnt check back because i was ass tired last night, in total the first time we went to do it it was ont rack to taking 6 hours, no power tools, just a ratchet and a breaker bar. then we couldnt get that axel nut off so we buttoned it all abck up and waited until another day, the second day, airtools were everywhere, and it took an hour to have the trans sitting on the ground, and another hour to bolt up the clutch and get it all put back together. i advise everyone to spend the money on an air compressor and gun instead of labor for your clutch change....its a cinch with airguns....and yeah im taking it easy on the clutch, but im swapping in april so that bitch is gonna be gone in 10 min....

BURNOUTS!!!!

smbundy · #7 (**permalink**) March 8th, 2006, 08:34 PM

jeez .. must be nice to have money like that. that's a good idea though .. i think i might go get myself an air gun and compressor.

Rhythm Kid · #8 (**permalink**) March 8th, 2006, 10:42 PM

yeah those axle nuts aren't no biatches....134 lb/ft of tq isn't easy to get loose....

unless you have an impact gun =3

scottigee · #9 (**permalink**) March 8th, 2006, 10:46 PM

Logan doesn't have money, he's just really bad with it.

Good point though on the air tools vs labor thing...that's a good way to justify buying tools.

Rhythm Kid · #10 (**permalink**) March 8th, 2006, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by scottigee

Logan doesn't have money, he's just really bad with it.

Good point though on the air tools vs labor thing...that's a good way to justify buying tools.

I used the 67 pound, 6 feet long leg, off an engine hoist as a breaker bar to get my axle nut off...

then when i was at the shop, messing with my half shaft i took an impact to the sucker....it amazing what air tools can do, worth the money...

sloganish · #11 (**permalink**) March 8th, 2006, 11:18 PM

like i said, it broke a shopforce impact gun......the guy said "holy shit man, thats never happened to me before"

Rhythm Kid · #12 (**permalink**) March 8th, 2006, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by sloganish

like i said, it broke a shopforce impact gun......the guy said "holy shit man, thats never happened to me before"

mine was a crappy harbor freight one but it did the job fine. I was gonna use this snap on one but the guy who owned it took it home....

have you ever had to remove that nut before?

sloganish · #13 (**permalink**) March 9th, 2006, 08:08 AM

ive never removed the nut before, i dont think its ever been out of there, but i didnt wanna snap the exel out of the tranny with a pickle fork, because the inner joints can get fucked up, it happened on a b16 swap to a friend of mine before, and i didnt want to risk that, because i needed my car back asap.

scottigee · #14 (**permalink**) March 13th, 2006, 10:20 PM

Post pics

sloganish · #15 (**permalink**) March 23rd, 2006, 11:19 AM

do u really want pics....because im lazy and on 56k

mad-ass · #16 (**permalink**) March 23rd, 2006, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by sloganish

do u really want pics....because im lazy and on 56k

yes fewl.
you ain't keeping your words bit.ch.

charliemopps24 · #17 (**permalink**) March 24th, 2006, 10:53 AM

We bent 20 degrees into a three foot breaker bar trying to get to the clutch on my friend's EX.

commador · #18 (**permalink**) March 25th, 2006, 06:46 PM

I just did a clutch timing belt water pump, and the usual tune up.

I did not remove the axle nuts or lower balljoint castle nuts.

I unbolted the LCA from the car, super easy.

egvtec · #19 (**permalink**) March 26th, 2006, 12:02 AM

Here's a pic of the work we did to Tim's car...

bling bling

commador · #20 (**permalink**) March 26th, 2006, 12:38 AM

I cant wait to get a nice header! wheee!!