All In a Days work

[Reggy]

Well as novilisation of ones mods to there cars is the in thing
1 week ago i pulled out the gearbox so i could change the clutch
after talking to a few of the melbourne Veterans who do this on a weekly basis :lol: :lol: they walked me thru the process, sounded pretty easy to me so last sat i got around to pulling out the box took me about 1.5 hours had the whole thing out and i was quite chafued with myself, got around to ordering new clutch during the week and then My good Mate Karupt offers his skilled hands to put the box back in, Now i am thinking that with the two of us our massive amounts of skill, muscle and all round talent that this would be a simply easy job, Alas god hates me for all the Cockroaches that i kill or something and i must say that this was the c&^tist of Jobs eva, now before i put the box back in i drained the thing of oil, so imagin my horra when more fugging oil has leaked out of the tailshaft splin giving my skin and hair Glistning properties, ( i am sure the pricks who designed gearbox oil said now this has to be the foulest smelling shit on the plannet to shit the poor assholes that have to do this every fugging day)
After what seemed like an eternity of cussing grunting screaming and sweaing, we finally got the box on the spline and from then on it was all apples

Not let this be a warning to anyone who is going to attamp a gearbox change or clutch change on there own, get a quote from a few mechanics first, this is a C&^tTAXE of a job.. and gearbox oil does wonders for your skin and hair :roll: :roll:

On the Plus side i took the car for a thrash tonight and i must say its 20% stronger than it was before with the slipping clutch, its amazing how much power you can lose from a slipping clutch :D :D

aww well its time for my 10th shower today so i can try and get gearbox oil out of my scalp :cry: :cry:

[markmcrs]

LOL! :lol:

Mate I well and truely know how you feel.
Slotting the box back onto the motor is the worst part of the whole job by a mile.
I still have dramas getting gearboxes back on depite having a pit and now a gearbox hoist as well and I'm scared to know how many times I have pulled an AWD subie gearbox out by now.

Did you jack the motor up at all?
With the gearbox out, the motor falls slightly forward and if you don't jack the motor up from underneath to level it again it makes the angle worse when trying to slide the gearbox back on.

Mark.

[rspct]

I hear gearbox oil is good for dandruff...

Tough break dood, but glad it all worked out in the end. I guess its the age old question most of us inexperienced mechanic wannabes ask ourselves...is it worth paying someone else to do it...most the time its yes for me :lol:

But hey it can only get better from the first attempt right?

[2l_milk]

Urgh i was thinking of doing it my self when i get a box but i will get acouple of quotes first now :)

[christuffa]

LMAO. thats gold.:)

[Raz]

damn another of your monologues reg...loved all of it!!!! hehe.

yeah when i did my clutch i said f*^k it...ill just pull the motor out instead!!

[Karupt]

Sniff, is that gearbox oil I can smell in my fuggin hair ? :)

Ghetto operation number 1.. but in the end it all worked out.. I cant count the amount of times I had a fuggin gearbox laying on my arm/chest/neck/head today.. was a huge feeling of relief when it all went together, and when the clutch started working, as IF we didnt have enough problems, for the clutch to fugg out.. BAH!

I have to pull my gearbox out this week.. and I soooo don't wanna attempt it.. I've done it before and never had so many problems as I had today with reg.dizzls

:)

[DWBN]

and just to think reg, its all coming out again when you get back :D

[Reggy]

No its not i put a new clutch in it, so its all good never comming out again eva, next time i will pull the motor out its much less hassel

[Mickey]

ROFL!!!

Reggy nice novel, once again!!

I hate doing RS's boxes!!

Although there is nothing like the feeling, getting it in, and all working, then taking it for a thrash!!.

[Kristian]

Reggy, nice work, i bet your relieved that all the hard work has paid off

Mickey

Although there is nothing like the feeling, getting it in, and all working, then taking it for a thrash!!.


you are talking about putting a gearbox in, arent you :lol:

[2l_milk]

Hahaha forest trust you to think of that

[RSKY]

i've pulled my box out 7 times i believe, every time the car was on jacks.

i agree putting it on is the worst part, but only once did it really give me grief

[2l_milk]

Rsky whats so hard about putting it back in ?????I am still keen on doing it my self Is it gonna be impossable for a noob to get the box back on ??

[Mickey]

kristian, LOL, nice work.

I will take either ;)

[RSKY]

it's only hard to put the box back in if you haven't aligned the clutch properly, so invest in a clutch aligning tool!

hint: an old input shaft is the best aligning tool you can get

[WogRS]

Oh man thanks for telling me. i was considering doing my box myself. xept that ive got a busted diff. I think ill go with the 1600 dollar quote. is that reasonable?

[JELISS]

Good work Reggy ! ... yes they are a pain in the ass but try doing it by yourself!!! as in one person ! it's a real pain but as proven definately do-able ! :lol: :lol: :lol:

WogRS,

Whats that quote for ? the diff or the gearbox ? and is that replacement plus labour ? ...

[WogRS]

my dad got a quote for it while i was at tafe. basically it is definitely the diff, but the spider gear is suspected to be faulty too. I dont know what the spider gear is. Auto btw. i think for that price its just to replace the diff. including labour.

[rony]

hahah can't say i've had gearbox oil on me, certainly does smell like shit though.


Hey 2l_milk,
Few tips, like what mark said you have to jack up the front of the motor so the flywheel and clutch points more towards the floor.
Also if you've got a large trolly jack you can sometimes balance the gearbox on the jack and then jack the box up into position. Helps if you got 2 people doing it, but I've done many a rwd box by myself.

You gotta wiggle the box also, its never going to go on without wiggling.

This is a must...the clutch plate must be dead centre on the flywheel when you tighten up the pressure plate fully.
So the steps are, fit clutch plate and pressure plate and loosely tighten it up so the clutch plate can still move around, use a long screw driver to lever it around and use a torch until its looks visually dead centre(not easy) with the spigot bearing(bearing in the flywheel) Torque it up with torque wrench. Done.

Karupt, U had the gearbox on your chest etc, thats keen!!

[Reggy]

yeah it was on our chests

after it fell of the jack :shock: :shock:

[RSKY]

gearbox on the chest hurts bad!

it hurts even more when it fulls off the jack and onto your arm!

[Reggy]

Yep had that too and then the blocks of wood fell on my head to boot

ahh great times hey K :P :P

[Mickey]

Sounds like an awesome day Reggy :lol:


Have you got a working jack yet Reggy??

[paddo]

hahah... i dont envy having to do it again in 2 days time..

trying to get the flywheel out was even more annoying this morning!

[2l_milk]

urrrrrr i hope it it is really satisfying does anyone have pics of the flywheel when it is on just so i can see what it looks like :)

[paddo]

you dont need to take the fly wheel off unless you are planning on changing the clutch or the fly wheel.