are u saying u pulled the T/C away from the engine or tranny? He got the T/C separated from the engine with ease, but from the Tranny, no good. It separates about 1 inch and doesnt budge

 

I just seperated from the tranny. THere are 3 bolts on the top and 3 on the bottm (17mm i believe). You take out those 6 bolts then the is a pry spot inbetween the TC and tranny which once agian with a flathead screwdriver pops it right off. Im not sure what you are talking about the TC isnt part of the engine but from your pics it looks like he took somthing off the TC. Anyway if you would have done that the engine slids right out the bottom of the car with no problems at all.

CHris

 

your $500 save turned into a nighmare + several thousand dollars in damage...

I'm glad I'm getting someone to do it. It looks simple on the pages, but once you're doing it, it's always different...

Good luck with it, I think you may need a lot.

 

WOW!! I think i'd kill somone.

 

This is the worst clutch install I've seen so far.

With the engine is out, why not rebuild it with a stroker kit and put a bigger turbo?

 

i don tsee the several thousand dollars in damage? Cuz the broken tranny piece? I think if it is welded, it wont be much of a problem because it clamps hard onto the TC and doesnt budge a bit even with the sealant. He didnt damage anything really besides that piece, just scratches here and there which wont terribly damage performance or the car. I'm not showing off my tranny anyway. I guess the agenda for today is weld the piece, then try to separate the tranny from TC, slap the tranny on, then the TC back onto the tranny. drop the engine in and put everything where it's supposed to be and pray to God everything works fine

 

I would kill him. He should replace anything that he broke. Any shop that you paid to do the work would if this guy was so stubborn and ignorant that he wouldn't even look at a "how to", he should never be trusted to work on a car. I have done it several times and I always print out a how to as a reminder.

 

Welcome to the land where mechanics are 'bred' from the supposed glory days of Chevy and Ford, and not 'raised.'

Gosh, I'm so glad my mechanic-ing skills came from my father, a professionally trained aircraft mechanic.

Better luck next time.

jcnel.

P.S. Did you breakout the torque wrench for anything, or just use the calibrated elbow?

 

HOLY ****. That looks like something that would happen to me! So frustrating isn't it? Even after its put back together, its always going to be on your mind if something else was done incorrectly. I had similar problems with the turbo install on my Integra (wrong helper that didn't want to look at the manual). Its hard to blame someone who is trying to help (especially family) but man, there gotta be responsibility some where. You should have him read the "joe's how to" a couple of times and go back step-by-step to make sure everything is kosher. Good luck man.

 

" I can FEEEEEL the Torque!1"

 

jcnel.. no torque wrench .......YET, im gonna get this damn mechanic the tools he needs to do this right

 

Holy moly... too bad you didn't look around this site a little more before you let your friend attempt that job. If you try to fix that broken casting and it fails once you have the engine back in, you will be looking at this whole mess again. Replace the casting. Get your car to an experienced shop and learn from this very expensive lesson. I feel for you on this as I know you trusted someone who thought he knew what he was doing. I have seen my car apart for a trans job and clutch replacement on an Evo is not a job for amatures or the inexperienced. I hope that a lot of other owners will learn from this.. thank you very much for posting it.

 

just make sure to get someone else to weld that alumium. That's cast for a reason.

Aluminum welding is so much harder than most welding. It really takes some skills to have a solid weld on an alumium, they melt to easy.

 

Bring the transfer case when you get that welded so you can bolt it to the transfer case to align the ear, then weld it. The welding job should cost you about half of what the original clutch job would have. I guess $200 bucks. That's probably in the ballpark.

Good luck! Tough situation but you got walked on.

 

what a yayhooo.