Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 11:45:18 GMT From: Yaofeng <yaofeng_chennopsameja.com> Subject: Re: TRANSMISSION: TRYING TO REMOVE
This won't help you remove the transmission. But all for the better. Before you find your way to remove it from the engine, I suggest you remove the drive shaft first. I presume you have uncoupled the two CV joints already. (I also presume you have properly supported the power train.) The differential housing output shaft to the right wheel is inserted in an intermediate shaft the other end of which is the rear engine mount bracket integral with the right wheel drive shaft joint. Right now the transmission is aligned to both the engine flywheel and the drive shaft. The intermediate shaft is just a piece of pipe rotating inside an aluminum sheath. It is quite fragile compared to the splined output shaft. If you hang the weight of the transmission on it it will crack or break. I am describing it based on a '94 9000CS 5 speed. It should be similar to yours. The manual doesn't tell you to do this because I presume in the shop they have transmission jacks of different varieties which can support and manuver the transmission to any degree desired to remove and align it from and to the engine. Bottom line is from a Saturday mechanic's point of view you want to remove the drive shaft first and install it after bolting the transmission up to the engine. This make a lot of sense too because you are going to have a tough time aligning the transmission to the flywheel and the drive shaft at the same time if you don't do it that way. I know because I did it the hard way aligning the two shafts. And in my case I had the power train removed. (Imagine the wide open space I had.) I cracked the intermediate shaft without knowing it putting the power train together. A few thousand miles later the intermediate shaft went and it left me stranded in Columbus, Ohio, 500 miles away from home. The intermedite shaft cracked on the conncting part to the differential output shaft on the right wheel side. It was close to a $800 lesson I hope you don't have to pay. The intermediate shaft was less than $200. Transporting the car cost $600. -- Yaofeng Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
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