How do you go about installing a new clutch? I am a little confused as to how i am suppossed to drop the tranny with the axel connected to it. Anyone that has done this install and could explain how to do it please let me know what to do. Thanks

 

i admire the fact that you are trying to do a job of this nature on you own; however, this isnt the easiest thing to do. i would suggest if you dont have any friends that are qualified to help pay someone. its not something you wanna get in the middle of and then decide you cant do it. i helped my friend replace the clutch in his 1g eclipse and damn. good luck man

 

I have a friend helping me out he installed a clutch a his 2nd gen eclipse and we know we can do the install we just need a little help on how to drop the tranny for the install.

 

good ****. i still dont know about the lancer. i have yet to replace mine as i have been in korea.

 

oh yeah, i forgot to say, about paying someone to do it i have no desire to, i don't have the money cause i just bought a ton of stuff from RRM like a turbo and the clutch. Right now my friend and i are just trying to get my car taken apart for when the stuff comes so my car can be up and running in a day or 2

 

its like dropping any other tranny...if your friend installed a clutch he should know how to drop the tranny.

 

how about this. how do i get the axel off the transmission? thats all the info i need after that we can do the work

 

pop it out, but don't just pull on the shaft you'll rip apart the cv joint. be ready for the gear oil

 

hmm
well to take the axles out of the tranny you need to drain the tranny fluid take off the wheels then unbolt the struts then what you wanna do is remove that huge retaining nut in the middle of the spindle
push that side of the cv through the back of spindle so you have the cv just conected to the tranny get a special cv joint removal tool (prybar lol) stick it in between the tranny and cv joint making sure you dont cut the cv joint seal
once you have the 2 cv out
remove all the sensor wiring from the mounts ont he tranny (ecept the speed sensor one as this is a ***** to unplug)
take out the 2 14mm bolt thats hold int he starter
take out the 1 10 mm bolt that holds in the speed sensor
take off the 2 shifter cables
then take out the 3 17mm bolts that hold on the front cross member
remove the 14mm nut/bolt from the front motor mount
then take out the 14mm nut/bolt from the rear motor mount
then remove all but one top and one bottom of the 14mm bolts that hold the tranny to the motor there are some cmoing from the drivers side and some from the pasenger

get a tranny jack (if you have one a floor jack works good )
jack it up untill it GENTLY pushes up on the tranny
after you have it up take off the nut bolt that holds the driver side tranny mount to the cassi and remove the 4 nuts that hold the mount to the tranny
lower the tranny down so it hangs
make sure there are no wiring harnesses left atached to the tranny
pull the tranny out tword the driver side and it should be free
it doesent take much to get the thing apart if you get a smalll pry bar in between the tranny and motor it should come otu reather easy if it doesent more then likely there is a bolt you missed that you just cant see


remove the bolts that hold the pressure plate to the flywheel
remove the old pressure plate and disk put the new one on make sure the side of the disk that stick out farther goes twords the tranny
put on a few of the bolts that hold the plate to the flywheel dont make em tight yet
light upp the disk with a clutch alignment took or with your eyes and finger (i dont use the tool personaly) after you line it up tighten down the bolts in the "star pattern" make sure you only tighten them to 14 +- 2 ft-lb they dont go on super tight youll break emm off
then just put everythign back together
if your unclear about something or need some tourque specs on bolts or anything like that let me know and ill help you out

remember this sint an easy job and if you break something its not my fault

 

I may be doing my clutch soon as I just orderd my charger from Ripp mods. You don't mention the throw out bearing. I had trouble keeping the TOB in place with the tranny on my chest. This was in a honda, but its basically the same in the Lancer right? Oh, you don't mention cutting the flywheel, Its a good Idea if you killed your clutch, you should see a glazing on it if it needs it.

 

You made it sound pretty easy. How about some pictures and a full write up in the how-to section? It sounds like the toughest part is getting the CV joints loose. Do you unbolt the struts from their upper mounts, or the lower mounts?

What do you mean by cutting your fly wheel? Is it like the same as resurfacing rotors?

 

i put my rrm clutch kit in in 5 hours, no problems either!!!!

 

If I understand him correctly, I think so. I did this to my Camaro. The flywheel looked a little glazed, so we fired up the car and my dad used a grinder on it. Looked much better afterwards.