how hard to do clutch?

fivepointnine · May 31, 2009

How hard is it to change out a clutch, never done one, but I have access to a lift and stuff and I would love to save the 200 dollars, my to bearing is getting noisy and it just aint grabbing like it used to.

four.six · May 31, 2009

Very simple if you have access to a lift and have even the least amount of mechanical know how... Remove shifter.. Take out the drive shaft.. Remove h-pipe.. Remove starter.. Disconnect clutch cable and wiring harness..Put a tranny jack under the transmission and remove the trans mount.. Lower the jack enough to gain access to all the bell housing bolts... Then just slide the transmission back and lower it out of the way... Then you have complete access to pressure plate, clutch and flywheel..

greenscobie86 · Jun 1, 2009

Yup its very easy.

It took me 2.5 hours to do this by myself on a lift. THe only help I had was when time came to lower/put the trans. back onto the block.

fivepointnine · Jun 6, 2009

cool as soon as my truck gets here from cali Ill throw it up on a lift and go to town, sounds pretty straight forward, Im probably gonna just go with that RAM HD clutch that LMR sells for like 170....

GDawg · Jun 6, 2009

greenscobie86 said:
Yup its very easy.

It took me 2.5 hours to do this by myself on a lift. THe only help I had was when time came to lower/put the trans. back onto the block.

Was that the first time you did one? I'm hoping to do my first one soon. I'm thinking of a King Cobra.

Btw, I love the color of your car! What color is that? Was that a factory color? (Not trying to highjack)

greenscobie86 · Jun 7, 2009

Not the frist time I did one, but as long as you have a lift you should be able to finish up the job in like 3.5 hours tops...

If you are getting the original flywheel resurfaced the obviously plan for longer if you need to bring it elsewhere for a resurfacing.

Thanks for the compliment... The color is all original Laser Red(code E9.) I am an avid detailer so I try to keep it clean. Plus my shoddy camerawork may have had something to do with the way my sig. photo came out...