AdamW

SO during this last summer i upgraded my clutch because 1. it was going out, 2. i made more hp than stock and wanted something that could handle it better.

anyways, while doin the swap we had to pull the motor and trans out of the car becuase we couldnt separate the two inside the motorcomartment. all the bolts were out, couldnt get it at an angle...so we had to pull em. even when they were out it took two of us to yank them apart. i have never had to struggle so hard to do this on any car, other than my 01 tib.

did anyone else experience this problem, or are there any tricks i should know about? the reason i ask is because i am putting internal engine parts in soon and will again be upgrading my clutch.
-Adam

MAXXTIB

You have to unbolt and remove the arm that goes to the fork for the throwout bearing, this will allow the fork to move enough so the throwout bearing slides off of it, I can't see how you got it apart without pulling that arm off unless you pulled hard enough to seperate the throwout bearing from the pressure plate, well anyway just remove the arm and the tranny will slide right off with ease. The arm is the part that the slave cylinder attaches to, there is a nut right on top of it.

HyundaiKitCoupe

^that's what i hear. check out the Auto-Manual swap DIY. it's got pictures!

you definitely don't have to pull the engine out. althogh i know one member who was pulling his old clutch out and literally had to crack it in half to get it out hahaha... poor guy. he'll probably be on this thread soon you'll know. tongue.gif

AdamW

Yea we eventually go it, but we werent aware of it until it was taken off. but it was gay. u think if i do that before pulling the motor and everything else id b able to serparate the two all in the motor compartment?

DTN

check the DIY.

AdamW

i have a 5 speed in my car..."changing my clutch"

torque converter?

Alex01tib

it mentions a torque converter because the thread was also a referrance to a automatic transaxle to a manual transaxle.

but yes, you can separate and remove the tranny without removing the engine, most people dont pull the engine to change the clutch/remove the tranny, i didnt have any problem.

But if you think about it the auto is bigger so since he managed to remove the ATX it surely can be done with the MTX.

SOCKS_old

manual transmission can easily be removed without pulling the motor/trans. i have done it twice.. no problems..

its all about pulling up the fork to snap out the TOB. i forgot to do this last time, and i had the same problem you had, but then a light bulb went on inside my brain, and the trans basically fell off.

Alex01tib

yah ive done mine like 10x, each time the trans pretty much fell off, except the first time where i had to use a bit of prying.

KeWLKaT

i have done it more than a couple of times on these beta's,

just drop the subframe and all is good (at least on the XD, dont know about the tib)