you can try removing the tranny with the pressure plate still attached.
you will need a small 1/4" ratchet and a 6point 12mm extension socket
take out the clutch fork rubber cover and spin the crank until you see the pressure plate bolts.
i did that once when the snap ring was somehow seized on the throwout bearing.

 

bump for any more ideas.... Let me just make sure I have this striaght.

If I stand directly in front of the car and I look in the engine bay, I am supposed to pull the clutch fork to the drivers side??? I thought when you push the clutch in, the top (visible part of the fork) moves towards the passenger side of the car?

HELP please.

 

my way involved beating the clutch fork with a hammer. When you put the screwdriver in there and turn it, the clutch fork will naturally want to go back the other way. So i held the screwdriver in place and gave the clutch fork a few hits and viola!

 

J-e-s-u-s C-h-r-i-s-t guys!!! I'd hate to hear from girls who have experienced your ideals of foreplay!

Before it is damaged from pry bars, hammers, and the like, it should pop loose very easily! Yes you put a little pressure toward the drivers side on the slave fork. You GENTLY put a screw driver between the throw out bearing and the pressure plate. A light twist to compress the wave spring collar, and bingo! I highly suggest you practice this on the new clutch with a new throw out bearing. It all makes sense out of the car where you can see it.

 

psssh

hammer > gentle

 

Thanks, I'll give it a run... Think I tried that, but ill try again. I was able to take BIG pliers before and pull the fork really far over, it didnt seem to let the tranni go though.?

 

So... I spent 5hrs just trying to allign the tranni and get it back on the dowels Saturday (I did it by myself) ... It ended up being a little difficult holding the tranni up, my light and tools..

Anyways, I got the tranni up and I still can't get the TOB to just pop out. This damn car will not do anythign for me and it sucks because it's pretty much ready to come out. Anyone else have ideas on this... I'm getting tired of putting a 1/2 weekend intot he car every week and getting nowhere but tired.

 

Sorry man. I got 4 of my friends to help and we got it out after only a few min of cussing. you will need a flat-head screw driver that is about 12" long. Don't use the prybar if you don't want to replace parts.

 

the best thing, as stated,

try to have someone move the fork a little while you pry with a "wide" screwdriver from underneath.... just keep trying,

you may even want to rotated the clutch etc by turning the crank

cb

 

WTF... I have never seen a tranny like this So to remove the trans off the block you need to pry in between the TOB and pressure plate... If thats the case how does it go back together... I need to search this ASAP

 

How about just unbolting the pressure plate from the flywheel? You should be able to get to the pressure plate bolts w/ some extensions through the clutch fork opening on the clutch housing.

 

I got a small block of wood, to keep the clutch fork pushed all the way to the drivers side. Its kinda hard to hold the fork and work on the throw out bearing. With the block holding it in place, take a flashlight and make sure you get the wedge coller in the same position as the pic above. Now take a large flat screwdriver, put it right between the wedge coller and the pressure plate fingers then a little clockwise turn of the screwdriver. It should release. I hope the block trick works. That was the hardest thing for me was keeping the fork in plcae and trying to Work on the coller.

 

Good idea. I used some big zipties to hold the fork back.

 

Did you make any progress on this issue?

 

you'vebeen on the right track from the get go.... you need to compress the wedge collar, that's the trick. If you don't compress the wedge collar, you'll never get it to release without destroying the wedge collar. It's not as simple as it sounds, I had to go at it with two screwdrivers, spaced as close to 180 degrees apart as I could get them to fully collapse the wedge collar. It's hard to make the thing collapse around the whole circumference (360 degrees worth) when you're screwdriver only covers about 10 degrees.