More work to do - United Bimmer Community

**Dudesky** · 05-04-2007, 10:03 AM

Like they say, the work is never finished. Just ordered a bunch of stuff totalling almost $400

-clutch disc, pressure plate & throwout bearing
-pivot pin & spring clip
-pilot bearing
-pressure plate bolts
-female torx sockets, clutch centering pin
-belt tensioner pulley for AC
-both belts
-8 cinder blocks for ghetto car lift

DIY possible, if I'm not too lazy about it. So much to photograph tho- exhaust & driveshaft removal to start off. And I'll be working by myself for the most part. Anyone wanna come by for a visit??

**celsdogg** · 05-04-2007, 11:20 AM

good luck with all that! i would come up if i could, next week is finals week. boo.

**RSF5** · 05-04-2007, 12:09 PM

Yeah I would.... if it wasn't a 12 hour drive each way.

A DIY would be very nice from this, its hard once you get in the groove to stop and take pictures. You just want to keep wrenching.

**stevo** · 05-04-2007, 01:25 PM

Its a little too far for me to travel

good luck with the project I always get a great sense of satisfaction when the job is done right.

**elsabor67** · 05-04-2007, 02:09 PM

I would....... if you were here in Germany

That's why my wife is jealous of my baby. good luck though.

**xsperf** · 05-04-2007, 02:26 PM

hey if you have any questions, ask

a few things, the tranny is gonna be a little harder to get on then it is to get off, but either way your gonna have to shake/wiggle the crap outta it in order for it to even move, and then once it comes out your gonna have a big thing come flying down so make sure your not under it, and make sure you have like a jack stand or something under it that will support it

**RSF5** · 05-04-2007, 06:47 PM

^^^^ Yeah, don't let the tranny kill you.

Don't let your car's transmission kill you either.

**Dudesky** · 05-04-2007, 08:49 PM

I'm gonna sacrifice one of my jacks and weld up a tray & harness to it in order to pull out the tranny safely. Not too worried about anything; I'm just gonna take it step by step. The only thing that concerns me is the two top most bolts on the tranny, how to reach them. xsperf- did you come in from the engine bay with the ratchet extensions for those bolts?

**xsperf** · 05-04-2007, 10:40 PM

nope, i got a 2ft extention and put the ratchet in from over the tranny, on the driveshaft/guibo side and feed it all the way through...

**mullethunter3** · 05-05-2007, 01:49 AM

What? What did I miss? Are you pulling your tranny? Why?

**Dudesky** · 05-05-2007, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by xsperf

nope, i got a 2ft extention and put the ratchet in from over the tranny, on the driveshaft/guibo side and feed it all the way through...

That's right . . the bolt heads are on the tranny side

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Originally Posted by mullethunter3

What? What did I miss? Are you pulling your tranny? Why?

Unfortunately, yes

There was a very short lived thread a couple weeks back. I can hear a faint scraping noise whenever I depress the clutch pedal, indicating that the throwout bearing is on its way out. And then it would just be dumb not to replace the clutch disc, pressure plate & pilot bearing while I have the tranny off, so I might as well make a fiasco out of it.

**mullethunter3** · 05-05-2007, 01:59 PM

Damn, that kind of sucks. But maybe you can get you gf to take pics for a DIY...

**theSMELSINATOR** · 05-05-2007, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Dudesky

...And then it would just be dumb not to replace the clutch disc, pressure plate & pilot bearing while I have the tranny off, so I might as well make a fiasco out of it.

thats the way all the work on my car has been going. if youre gonna replace one thing, you might as well replace everything around it.

**xsperf** · 05-05-2007, 10:25 PM

dont forget your gloves

**Dudesky** · 05-08-2007, 06:09 AM

^^^Just got a fresh box of 100 in the trunk. I never run out- I steal them from work