broda805

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dropping the tranny this weekend anyone recall what size bolt they are? and flywheel bolt size?

W58

good2go

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Bell takes both 14 and 17mm, pressure plate is 12mm as is some misc stuff here and there along the way. Tranny mount is 14mm, Driveshaft is 17 mm. Flywheel = 14mm, and a 12 point socket is required. REMEMBER, flywheel bolts are 'torque-to-yield' and cannot safely be reused!! (PP bolts can though) Flywheel bolts are part number 90910-02103 and you need 8 of them. I believe Pembroke Pines had the very best price on them at $44.40 for the set (5.55 ea.).




Afterthought; are you doing this with a lift or off the floor? If you're doing it off the floor, I'd highly recommend you look carefully at Shern's thread: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/4637416-post1.html for some excellent pics and info. FYI, you can pick up that tranny jack for $60 at Harbor Freight (with a 20% off coupon from the back of most any car magazine), and as he mentions, it's well worth it.

A quick note to add if you go that route; the bell housing is 14" tall and the jack saddle (fully lowered) is 8", so you'll need to raise the car up at least 22" if you want to roll the tranny out from under the car while it's still on the jack. You don't want to go too high though, because the total lift of the jack will max out right at about that point too (meaning before it reaches the tranny). That being said, it's really not that heavy of a tranny if you feel up to a bit of bench pressing. Tranny jacks are just a little more civilized is all.

broda805

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yeah i have the bolts on order already.

thats most of the info i need thanks!!

TLDriver

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Have a long extension (24" or longer if you have it and a swivel end it will help a lot with the top 2 bolts. That's my 2 cents to help you out.

broda805

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good2go thanks for the extra input, i borrowed a friends tranny jack from his shop thats pretty low profile so hopefully i dont have too much trouble on that part


i just need to get myself that long extension and wait for them damn flywheel bolts to get here in the mail.

is taking off the exhaust needed? i didnt look last time i was under there

jjffyy

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Yup exhaust and driveshaft must come off.

good2go

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I picked up this set at the store specifically for this very job.

http://www.harborfreight.com/hand-to...set-67976.html

There's no pic of them, but the set includes:
Sizes: 3", 6", 10" and 18"



...and yes, the exhaust comes off. Best to do it as a complete assembly like Shern shows it.

topdog849

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yeah if you dont have a good tranny jack, order pizza n beer and invite over some strong friends

jjffyy

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Just buy the tranny jack from harbor freight, pretty inexpensive and makes the job that much easier. I did my swap in about 5 hours.

broda805

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ha got around to dropping the tranny around last Wednesday n had my flywheel resurfaced and everything then... UPS lost my freakin bolts sent them across the country n then back to me by ground >.> was 11 days in transit total from when they left where i ordered them from... oregon, i am in CA got sent to east coast........?????. but they did finally get here but now i got the flu =( and my car is still in pieces... so much for putting on the break in miles and having it ready for tune next weekend...

jjffyy

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Dang that sucks! Hope you feel better and post up some pix of the finish product when you get around to it.

good2go

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Haha, too funny. I ordered bolts from Pembroke Pines and they were back ordered from SoCal (I'm in NorCal), so I had to wait for ground from SoCal to FLA, then back to NorCal; Plus, it was all during those snowstorms recently.

What clutch setup did you go with?

broda805

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spec stage 3, i was all gung ho ready to tackle some work today at least mount the clutch and then i got under there pop in the flywheel and the bolts then relized.... i forgot the torque wrench at work

broda805

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i managed to get under the car today after work half coughin n hacking to get some work on it and i bolted up the flywheel and clutch i got as far as TRYING to put the tranny back on it goes in about half way n no matter how i wiggle it and shake it, it dont seem like it wants to go the rest of the way in, any tips tricks at this part?

good2go

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Random thoughts . . .
Did you use an alignment tool when you bolted the disc and PP down? Assuming you did, does the tool insert and remove easily after they were fully tightened? Is the tool well centered within the circle of the PP diaphragm spring? Does it feel like the tranny shaft is engaging the disc splines ok, but then getting hung up in the last 1/2" or so on the pilot bearing? Did you clean and polish the tip of the tranny shaft real good (with a Scotchbrite pad or something) and then lube it so that it would easily insert into the pilot bearing. Is the pilot bearing new? If it feels like the tranny shaft isn't even engaging the disc splines, did you try rotating the output shaft splines a little, back and forth, while in gear to find proper rotational alignment for the input shaft?