boostthis89

is it possible to remove the pressure plate bolts while the transmission is still in the car, believe it has allen screws holding it in.??
i believe there is a stage 1 exedy clutch in this car..
im having a hell of a time with the TOB Clip, it just will not pop off and is quite mangled. from trying over and over again to get it to pop.

justboosted02

iTrader: (31)

yea you can, you just have to loosen them though the inspection cover then rotate the clutch around to get all the bolts

v-manracing

iTrader: (4)

Yes I had to do this, it is possible! just take your time and you will get it... it's a real pain

TTP Engineering

iTrader: (465)

They are 12mm bolts.

thedru13

iTrader: (24)

The wedge collar spring was pretty much stuck on mine as well. I wedged a thick screw driver in there and then a buddy came over and whacked the pitch fork with a hammer and it popped off.

FathouseFab

iTrader: (5)

I had to do this once also. Made a little tool to go in the starter hole to get the bolts out. Worked pretty good.

Fathouse

Piro Fyre

iTrader: (23)

Had the same problem with the TOB. Spent hours upon hours on it with no success. Then ask the guys around here and they gave me a solution.

-Remove the rubber TOB fork cover.

-Next, get a 12mm socket, swivel, extension, and ratchet.
-Before inserting the ratchet, I would line up the bolt head to the hole first. Line it up as strait as possible with your finger.
-Now, you can start removing the bolts. I think there's a total of 6 of them. These things should only be torqued to 15ft-lbs so you shouldn't have a problem with removing them.
-To rotate, use a breaker bar to turn the crank (on other side of car). Turn it slowly though. I don't think it matters too much which way to turn it. 1/2" square.
-After that, you will now be able to remove the tranny with the clutch and pressure plate still in it.

Good luck and have fun. I know I had fun when changing out the clutch.

boostthis89

well from what I see looking into the transmission through the holes.. it has allen head bolts holding it in..
it also looks like an exedy twin disk..
Ill have to give it a try in another day or two when i get time..
hopfuly i can remove these with it still in car..

how much of a pain is it usualy to remove the pressure plate from that circular clip and the TOB once the trannys out of the car?

Piro Fyre

iTrader: (23)

No pain at all. Since you're behind the pressure plate, the clip is wide open. Once removed, you can then take out the pressure plate.

boostthis89

thank you.. hopfuly all works out well when i get some free time in a day or two and try to remove it with it in the car

Short-Bus

that sounds like a complete pain in the *** i would just try more to get that wedge collar to unlock

boostthis89

took me 10 minutes to get them 6 allen bolts out and get the tranny dropped lol..


NOW onto the next question.. how and the hell do i get this clip to unlock??
ive tried EVERYTHING.. from both sides ive tried.. the clips pretty mangled and ill need to find a replacement..

boostthis89

ive been messing with this thing for the last 3 hours with zero luck getting it apart from the pressure plate..
Ive read the how to 50 million times.. it will not come apart that way..

how does this thing come apart?

RUDEBOY77

iTrader: (5)

I just ran into the same stuck TOB problem. This method worked like a champ! Thanks!

boostthis89

im still fighting with this trying to get the collar to release the pressure plate from the TOB...
its been over a week and still no luck.. ive got maybe 10+ hours in trying to get this thing to release now..
Ive looked at the "how to" a million times and understand how it works but this WILL NOT release...