Anyone install their clutch themselves???

[SenekaGSR]

Aight guys, im looking at installing my new clutch next week but after looking through the helms manual it looks like a total biatch. Anyone do it themselves with basic hand tools, and a simple hydraulic jack and jack stands. i will have a little help and alot of time but thats about it. thx.

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94gsr, Drag3 and yellow paint goin on in april

[BurntGSR]

I have some pics of my CM Stage III install. The clutch was another snakeoil suggsted Endyn product that worked super well for me.
http://www.geocities.com/silvino_orozco/clutch.htm

[Phantom]

Don't try it without air tools man. If you know any friends with a compressor or friends of friends with one, it would be more than worth your time to try and borrow it.

[SenekaGSR]

hmm..so air tools..dont got none of those..lol

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94gsr, Drag3 and yellow paint goin on in april

[G3-TEG]

Ya, its not that bad, just takes some time.. 5-6 hours or so.. its nice to have a helper there as well.. just follow the Helms manual, the hardest part is taking off the rear lower motor mount.. you'll need air tools, or a really long extension bar and a universal joint to get some leverage on the biiaatch...

Other than that its pretty straight forward, unbolt the tranny, drop the motor down on the passenger side (using a jack), and slip off the tranny..

HTH

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-Temporarily NOT - TO4e powered

[TurboGSR]

make sure that you support the engine once the tranny is off the car....

also helpfull is if you put a creeper under the tranny and drop the tranny onto the creeper...
then slide out the tranny from under the car....

hope your backs are 100%....

[SEFI8LO]

Air tools are definately not necessary for taking out the transmission. Im only 120 pounds on a good day and I've been taking trannys out in about 4-5 hours by myself. the trick is only taking out the absolute necessities. ie do not take out the rear mount keep it attached to the motor and only take out the bottom most two bolts on the which hold the tranny and the top bolt which goes on to the tranny. I won't say its easy if you never really worked on a car. but if you've swapped motors before I think it's definately do-able. The only thing i use the air tool for is to knock out the shift linkage pin. which is a bitch done manually.

[BurntGSR]

Yeah, I was being a smartass . I've had nothing but positive results from the items/suggestions I've bought from Endyn. I had no clatter, streetable engaging and solid holding when I drove around with that clutch so you could say I was very happy with the product.

[Drives an LS]

BurntGSR was there any sarcasm in that snakeoil statement?

[plumvtec]

Thought I would bring this back up to the top since I'm going in soon. I think the clown that owned the car before me didn't know how to drive stick. I mean 44,000 miles and it's catching way high. It was slipping before the blower went in !

Anymore tips ?? I have pnuematic tools and the Helms manual. Now All I have to do is find a decent clutch on a low budget. Would the Type R clutch work ?? (same spline, OD etc? )

Please give me your feedback.

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'96 JR6 GSR Sedan (black currant pearl)
'93 Honda CBR 900RR
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