Me and My clutch job!
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Holy freakin cow what an abortion of a job. If and when i blow mine up im getting it done unless i plan on throwing a lift in my garage by then. congrats to you for having that much patience
Man I can't believe I didn't see that you had this thread going earlier. Congrats on the install again. It is a great sense of acomplishment to be able to pull something like this off without doing one before (especially by yourself).
In TTP's defence it seems as though he was giving info that could be helpful. However it did come across as rude. He may need to rephrase the way he makes comments so as to help & not offend (unless thats what he is trying to do). There was never any mention of neediong to take it to a shop to have it done right or anything like that, so I doubt profit was the motive for his comments. What he & many others failed to realise is that it was never your intention to drop the subframe. You only dropped the subframe after you had tried everything in your power to get the tranny back in, had decided it was not possible by yourself, & were going to have to tow the car to a shop & pay to have the install finished. It was at this point that I mentioned a thread I came across to you about dropping the subframe to free up more room (as you can see from SJ's pics there is plenty of room). So in this case dropping the subframe was the best way to do it. I also myself have just done a clutch job on my Evo & decided to drop the subframe to make sure everything went in with no problems. While this is no where near the fastest way to do the job. It does make wrestling the tranny back in a lot easier. In my case the car had been down for over a month due to the clutch & I had a work truck I could drive so down time didn't hurt so bad. It just sucks not being able to drive it for over 2 months. dropping the subframe is pretty easy & will free up alot of room. If I ever do another Evo clutch job I will drop it again because it definately saves some frustration. not everyone has the luxury of working on a lift or having helpers to ease the jobs. In the end if I can save some frustration & only end up paying for an alignment that I probrobly needed anyway I'd say it was the right way. Plus since I was dropping the subframe anyway I went ahead & installed a Whiteline steering precision kit so I killed 2 birds with one stone. In closing, sometimes it is easier to do things a diffrent way than other people do them. There is no wrong way to do it if the results are the same. there may be a faster way, easier way, or a cheaper way, but I wouldn't say there's a wrong way.
In TTP's defence it seems as though he was giving info that could be helpful. However it did come across as rude. He may need to rephrase the way he makes comments so as to help & not offend (unless thats what he is trying to do). There was never any mention of neediong to take it to a shop to have it done right or anything like that, so I doubt profit was the motive for his comments. What he & many others failed to realise is that it was never your intention to drop the subframe. You only dropped the subframe after you had tried everything in your power to get the tranny back in, had decided it was not possible by yourself, & were going to have to tow the car to a shop & pay to have the install finished. It was at this point that I mentioned a thread I came across to you about dropping the subframe to free up more room (as you can see from SJ's pics there is plenty of room). So in this case dropping the subframe was the best way to do it. I also myself have just done a clutch job on my Evo & decided to drop the subframe to make sure everything went in with no problems. While this is no where near the fastest way to do the job. It does make wrestling the tranny back in a lot easier. In my case the car had been down for over a month due to the clutch & I had a work truck I could drive so down time didn't hurt so bad. It just sucks not being able to drive it for over 2 months. dropping the subframe is pretty easy & will free up alot of room. If I ever do another Evo clutch job I will drop it again because it definately saves some frustration. not everyone has the luxury of working on a lift or having helpers to ease the jobs. In the end if I can save some frustration & only end up paying for an alignment that I probrobly needed anyway I'd say it was the right way. Plus since I was dropping the subframe anyway I went ahead & installed a Whiteline steering precision kit so I killed 2 birds with one stone. In closing, sometimes it is easier to do things a diffrent way than other people do them. There is no wrong way to do it if the results are the same. there may be a faster way, easier way, or a cheaper way, but I wouldn't say there's a wrong way.
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Man I can't believe I didn't see that you had this thread going earlier. Congrats on the install again. It is a great sense of acomplishment to be able to pull something like this off without doing one before (especially by yourself).
In TTP's defence it seems as though he was giving info that could be helpful. However it did come across as rude. He may need to rephrase the way he makes comments so as to help & not offend (unless thats what he is trying to do). There was never any mention of neediong to take it to a shop to have it done right or anything like that, so I doubt profit was the motive for his comments. What he & many others failed to realise is that it was never your intention to drop the subframe. You only dropped the subframe after you had tried everything in your power to get the tranny back in, had decided it was not possible by yourself, & were going to have to tow the car to a shop & pay to have the install finished. It was at this point that I mentioned a thread I came across to you about dropping the subframe to free up more room (as you can see from SJ's pics there is plenty of room). So in this case dropping the subframe was the best way to do it. I also myself have just done a clutch job on my Evo & decided to drop the subframe to make sure everything went in with no problems. While this is no where near the fastest way to do the job. It does make wrestling the tranny back in a lot easier. In my case the car had been down for over a month due to the clutch & I had a work truck I could drive so down time didn't hurt so bad. It just sucks not being able to drive it for over 2 months. dropping the subframe is pretty easy & will free up alot of room. If I ever do another Evo clutch job I will drop it again because it definately saves some frustration. not everyone has the luxury of working on a lift or having helpers to ease the jobs. In the end if I can save some frustration & only end up paying for an alignment that I probrobly needed anyway I'd say it was the right way. Plus since I was dropping the subframe anyway I went ahead & installed a Whiteline steering precision kit so I killed 2 birds with one stone. In closing, sometimes it is easier to do things a diffrent way than other people do them. There is no wrong way to do it if the results are the same. there may be a faster way, easier way, or a cheaper way, but I wouldn't say there's a wrong way.
In TTP's defence it seems as though he was giving info that could be helpful. However it did come across as rude. He may need to rephrase the way he makes comments so as to help & not offend (unless thats what he is trying to do). There was never any mention of neediong to take it to a shop to have it done right or anything like that, so I doubt profit was the motive for his comments. What he & many others failed to realise is that it was never your intention to drop the subframe. You only dropped the subframe after you had tried everything in your power to get the tranny back in, had decided it was not possible by yourself, & were going to have to tow the car to a shop & pay to have the install finished. It was at this point that I mentioned a thread I came across to you about dropping the subframe to free up more room (as you can see from SJ's pics there is plenty of room). So in this case dropping the subframe was the best way to do it. I also myself have just done a clutch job on my Evo & decided to drop the subframe to make sure everything went in with no problems. While this is no where near the fastest way to do the job. It does make wrestling the tranny back in a lot easier. In my case the car had been down for over a month due to the clutch & I had a work truck I could drive so down time didn't hurt so bad. It just sucks not being able to drive it for over 2 months. dropping the subframe is pretty easy & will free up alot of room. If I ever do another Evo clutch job I will drop it again because it definately saves some frustration. not everyone has the luxury of working on a lift or having helpers to ease the jobs. In the end if I can save some frustration & only end up paying for an alignment that I probrobly needed anyway I'd say it was the right way. Plus since I was dropping the subframe anyway I went ahead & installed a Whiteline steering precision kit so I killed 2 birds with one stone. In closing, sometimes it is easier to do things a diffrent way than other people do them. There is no wrong way to do it if the results are the same. there may be a faster way, easier way, or a cheaper way, but I wouldn't say there's a wrong way.
Yeah I see what you are saying but I know Scott. And thats how he is.....Notice how he didnt defend himself, because he knows it.......I didnt go into detail because I knew it didnt matter why I had to drop the sub, only thing that matter to me is that I did it......
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I hear alot of people saying they do not have any ***** or patience. And let me tell you all I am the last person in the world who is the best canidate.....All I can say is if I can do it then so can every one else
Yeah I see what you are saying but I know Scott. And thats how he is.....Notice how he didnt defend himself, because he knows it.......I didnt go into detail because I knew it didnt matter why I had to drop the sub, only thing that matter to me is that I did it......
There is nothing to defend here. We provided our best information and advice not to touch the subframe. We let you know that the retainer clip pops out at times.
There is nothing more to discuss.
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We were busy at USP in Coral springs tuning the soon to be stock turbo record holder MOST-WANTED this weekend. We just returned 10 minutes ago.
There is nothing to defend here. We provided our best information and advice not to touch the subframe. We let you know that the retainer clip pops out at times.
There is nothing more to discuss.
There is nothing to defend here. We provided our best information and advice not to touch the subframe. We let you know that the retainer clip pops out at times.
There is nothing more to discuss.
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