Clutch Replacement
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From: Iowa City, IA
Clutch Replacement
Hey guys, well my truck has another problem.
The clutch slave cylinder is bad so I am tearing into the truck to replace the slave cylinder and the clutch. I have removed the transfer case and all that **** and now I am trying to get the damn tranny out. So far I got all the bolts out of the tranny except the top 2. Any hints on getting to these things? They are tight, and I can't get enough room to get up there to get my breaker bar on them. I am almost ready to just cut 2 holes in my floor pan to get to the bolts then pop riveting them back on when I put the tranny back on.
Thanks,
Derrick
The clutch slave cylinder is bad so I am tearing into the truck to replace the slave cylinder and the clutch. I have removed the transfer case and all that **** and now I am trying to get the damn tranny out. So far I got all the bolts out of the tranny except the top 2. Any hints on getting to these things? They are tight, and I can't get enough room to get up there to get my breaker bar on them. I am almost ready to just cut 2 holes in my floor pan to get to the bolts then pop riveting them back on when I put the tranny back on.
Thanks,
Derrick
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From: Concord, NC
I used a long extension with a universal joint last time I took the transmission out of my truck, but when I first put it in, I had the transmission tunnel cover pan taken out so I could get to the bolts from inside the cab. If you don't have a long extension/u-joint, you can pull back the carpet and remove the tunnel cover plate and get to them straight-on. You'll still need a fairly long extension, though.
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If the tranny cross member is down, why cannot you tip the end of the tranny down, thereby exposing the bolts? (I just did this on my 81 last weekend and I did my 90 last winter same way...
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Well, cause I figured that I shouldn't tip it down, I mean the cross member is there to support it, right? So I was thinking that it would harm something if I let it tip down.
