THIS IS ANOYING ME LIKE MAD, ITS NOT SEIZED ON THE DOWELS,,,, ITS OFF THEM BUT SOMETHING WONT LET IT COME OFF THE STUDS

sorry caps

right everything is undone, someone has mentioned aboiut a 10mm allen key and screw,,,cant see that so thats the only part i aint done yet, could that be a reason it wont come off

PLEASE help me, its been a piss easy job sofar, no issues, no seized bolts and even the dowels aint seized on,,,, but the box dont wanna leave the engine for some reason !

ps: is a V3 classic STI if that helps

pps: anyone in north london or local and bored at the weekend fancy popping along to help me get it in the car,,,,, mucho appriciated pmsl

 

Have you released the release bearing? These need releasing (Look in the black rubber bung on top of the box) before the box will seperate.

 

eh ? whats that,,,,,, i know what a release bearing is,,,, any ideas what i belt with a hammer ?

it was going soo well,,,,, that for me to go to a garage,,,,, well i have to put it ALL back together again,,,,, just as if i done the stupid box !!!

less than 3 hours to strip it all on my own in the garage you was at all them years ago,,,, remember how much space there was pmsl

 

Yep, and when your putting it back on, you need to push the clutch fork against the release bearing quite hard until it snaps in place. the clutches on the imprezas actually pull the release bearing not push against it which is why the fork snaps onto the bearing.

 

Using a screwdriver, release and detach the retainer spring clip assembly from the ball pivot in the bellhousing. You now can remove the withdrawal lever along with the clutch release bearing (throwout bearing) and hub assembly. Inspect the withdrawal lever for cracks or damage. It may be necessary to remove the bearing from the hub with a two- or three-jaw puller.

or

http://bbs.scoobynet.com/drivetrain-...a-gearbox.html

 

This had my brother puzzled for a while. Then when I had to do one he told me how to do it and it still took 30mins to an hour to work out which clip to undo

Good luck mate, that garage is not the biggest

 

anyideas where the cover is or what i need to wiggle ?

 

You need to remove the pin that the clutch fork pivots on. It should be underneath a plug on the top left side of the box. The plug is the 10mm allen key bit that you have been told about.

 

Yes^


In the pic you've posted you can see the clutch fork dangling there (black bit) normally it'd have a bar going through it to pivot on. As stated above.. from roughly where you've removed the starter motor you'll see a cap with a 10mm allen hole sunk in, undo that and then you'll have a hole where the end of the fork pivot bar can be felt, you then need to screw a bolt into the end of it (m6 or m8 can't remember) and then lever it out pulling on the bolt. Then the clutch fork can be lifted out of the release bearing and that'll allow you to remove the engine.

The red bit is where the bar would be you need to remove, arrow shows (obviously from other side though) where the cap is to remove and you'll find the end of the pivot pin there to screw a bolt into

 

all jap cars must be the same took me 2 hrs to finally get the box off my old evo6 engine.

as above had to take rubber gromit out and then remove a clip inside box

 

well considering im a office boy and i cant be arsed to to mechanics, just under 3 hours apart from the hicup to get a box out aint too bad for all the work that needs doing removing loads of stuff

 

biggest pain are the front shafts if you dont split the ball joints, I usually just undo the 2 engine mounts and jack up each side of the engine and lever the shafts off (remembering to take out the split pins, and remembering to line the spline holes on shafts and G/box when re-fitting!) if you dont know about the clutch pivot pin then it's a pain, but other than that its all pretty straight forward! even easier with a front mount IC

 

front shafts are already out,,,,,, that was one of the easy jobs,,,, ive got the bollox of a balljoint seperator !!



shame it ALWAYS fucks the ball joint rubbers so i have to change them aswell now,,,, fucking stupid tool !!!

 

i'v always found if your keeping the ball joints then hit the arm with a hammer where the ball joint sits whilst levering it out, or have a jack under the disk or anywhere that you can push the hub up and take pressure off the arm, push it up slightly on the springs and repeatedly hit the arm with a hammer where the ball joint sits and it's never failed me and always saves the rubber if using the jack i'd be inclined to use a lever too just to help things along, just a heads up if you really can't be arsed to change the rubber next time you get round to it.

 

Ginge, those balljoint splitters are good aye, but as you say always fuck the rubbers...I use them as a last resort after smacking 7 shades of shite out the arm the balljoint is in!

 

i use an old nut on the ball joint bolt and twat that with a mallet. saves the thread and usually works lol

 

that will be when doing track rod ends and not lower arm ball joints wont it?

 

2 hammers, one each side of the arm, have been working for me way before these fancy splitters were available.

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maybe

 

well i done the 10mm hex idea,,, thats a beast to slide out !!!!

now im stuck with the gearbox on the subframe and the damper bracket on the bulkhead, when i try to lower off the subframe the whole lot falls back,,,, and by christ thats a heavy gearbox, ive done all i can on my own,,, im a strong person and lifting the box aint a issue,,, just i cant direct it to when i wanna go and the stupid thing wants to keep turning too,,,, so time to phone a friend or 3 for tomorrow,,,, cant do anymore now on my own

 

Theres nothing worse than working on your own car.

 

yes there is,,, working on someone elses car

 

well here is a update,,,,,






yes i got it off,,,,, NOW I NEED HELP TO GET THE CUNT BACK IN !!!

 

well done.

not bad for an office boy pmsl.

now get the new one in,should be easy.

 

So why didn't you listen to the advice we gave regarding removing the pivot pin? Or did u put it all back on?

 

its all back on and thats actually almost in,,, just im not able to direct it in place AND lift the heavy fucking thing from the bottom so i gota few mates comming over tomorrow,,,,, lets see who lets me down pmsl

 

its amost in mate, must admit you inspired me all them years ago when you done your escos on your drive on your own,,,, thought if some scouser can do it how hard can a 4wd car REALLY be ? pmsl

oh and ill have you know that i fitted the coilovers, polly bushed the entire car and fitted all the whiteline stuff to the car,,,,, oh and i also fitted the bluetooth hands free kit aswell

the plan is to finish this car,,,, inlike the cossy but this is locked away in the roughest council estate you can imagine,,,,, people are scared to walk through here at night so it wont be nicked ( runs and grabs a bit of wood)

2 weeks till the ring,,,,,, LOADS of time im sure pmsl

 

Give the dowels a clean up while you can mate, it'll go on those last few mm a lot easier

 

ill be tightening the bolts to do that for me mate,,,, nothing but brute force and ignorance in my garage

 

pmsl!

you have done well, i noticed the coil overs in the pic too.

it should be ready.

 

coilovers and suspension was all done at once,,,,, you dont wanna know the bill for a full powerflex kit as in EVERYTHING THEY MADE , HKS hypermax with pillowball top mounts, whiteline antilift kit, front and rear roll bars, rear solid drop links and it DID have rosejointed adjustable front links,,,,, but then split apart going up my mates driveway,,, 110 quid well spent there then !!!

also got mintex touring car spec pads front and rear too

after fitting all that,, 2 weeks later i drove it into a lampost so REALLY done well for handling,,,,, guess they aint snow spec suspension pmsl

 

just needs a decent driver to go with it then lol.

 

i sooo agree with that,,,,, oh and more power too so i can hide my crap driving skills

 

NOW MY GEARBOX IS BACK IN AGAIN !!!
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY GOOD MATES FOR HELPING ME,,, HOW THE FUCK I WAS EXPECTING TO GET THAT IN ON MY FUCKING OWN

cheers again alex(not on here) jamie( again not on here) clarke5700 anand Xrt-Si,,,,

that means that i dont think i would need to borrow your evo for the ring in 2 weeks,,,,, but cheers for the offer,,,, pmsl

 

you will have to let jc have ago when you are over there. see what he thinks to it.

 

FUCK THAT i dont fancy doing another gearbox besides JC aint interested in driving my car at the ring, ive offered him enough time but guess as hes got a better spec RA its of no interest to him