Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 20:01:55 GMT From: Christopher Lambert <lambertcnopsame.rr.com> Subject: Re: tranny/clutch rebuild question
I was able to remove it using a longer bolt through a block placed across the housing. I had about 1/2 an inch of the bolt threaded and continued to turn it. The shaft popped right out. Thanks for the help everyone. davehinznopsamcop.net wrote: > Robert Brown <rjbnopsamnet.se.nospam> pressed random keys until the following was produced: > > > Christopher Lambert wrote: > > >> I am rebuilding the tranny in my 89 900S. I'm trying to remove the > >> clutch right now. I'm at the stage where you pull out the clutch shaft > >> and it doesn't seem to want to budge. I feel like if I put any more > >> leverage into it, it will break off the bolt head that I'm using to pull > >> it out. Any ideas? Is it supposed to be this tough? Any ideas would > >> be appreciated. Thanks. > > > If you give a light (or at least not too heavy) tap with a hammer to the > > crowbar or whatever you're using to extract the shaft, it will work. > > Yup. There's a metal retaining ring in a groove on the shaft, holding > it in. Impact is what is needed to get past that. > > If you're using a grade 8.8 bolt (likely, if it's one of the ones you > took off to get this far), I'd be shocked if it would break from this. > > Another thought - do you have the clutch disk depressed? If not, make > sure you do that before you disconnect the hydraulics, but if you can't, > let me know and I'll repost my experiences doing a clutch without > hydraulics. > > Dave Hinz