clutch install on 94 st Options

[Superaison]

is it difficult to do? I've never done it, but I refuse to pay someone else to do it for me. My clutch burnt out on me, and I need to replace it. Can I just drop the tranny and take off the old one and put new one on, etc? Or do I have to yank the engine?

[BonzaiCelica]

hey well i just recently changed my clutch on my car a month ago. I dont think its that hard. Well i didnt know how to do it. So i had my friend help me and i payed him $180 for it.

He had a lift at his house and he did an engine swap at his house before.

It took him about 4 hours to drop engine and pull out tranny. So probably a total of 12-16 hours if everything runs smoothly. We snapped off two one on the flywheel and another on the cross member. the one on the flywheel cause we didnt use the torque wrench. Make sure to buy a torque wrench its a must and also a manual helps out alot.

You need to take out both axles, unbolt the ball joints. Take out center crossmember. Unbolt both front and rear engine mounts. I heard the rear one is difficult to take out. I didnt deal with it cause first day he worked on it by himself (i was at work). and leave the left mount on so that the engine is tilted towards the right. you need the lift to hold the engine at an angle and a jack under the engine so you can manuever the tranny out. make sure you get your flywheel resurfaced (costs somewhere from $40-60). When bolting up the flywheel you can either use a crow bar on the little teeth of the flywheel to keep it from moving or get somebody to hold the crank bolt. If you dont do this correctly you can mess up the timing.

I know this is no how to, this is just to get an idea of what you need to do.

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: May 25, 2009 - 4:12 AM