Hello. this is my first post. Dont hate me because I am a Honda guy. I own my own shop and I am doing a clutch install on his EVO. I noticed there is a little confusion on some boards on the whole deal so I decided to take some pics of what I did and post them for newbies. The first thing I found confusing on the boards was that no one has any really good info on how to detach the throw out bearing so I took a few pics to help. First I removed the the slave cylinder and release arm boot. Then removed the lower access grommet and pried the bearing loose from the retainer clip with a large prybar. Here is a picture of where to pry. It is on the clutch outside the car so its easier to see.
http://tobi.clubrsx.com/TOB.jpg

Now as far as needing a slide hammer I did not but that doesnt mean you wont. I got lucky and had the shaft come out with the axle. If you take the drivers side axle out and the shaft (about 10 inches long) stays int eh trans you will need to adapt a slide hammer or buy the correct hammer and attachment to make it screw into the end of the shaft so you can extract it from the housing. The thread pitch on the shaft is 8mmX1.25. Make sure you screw the hammer attachment bolt as far in as you can to resuce the risk of stripping it out. Here is a pic of the axle with the shaft attached. Lucky me!
http://tobi.clubrsx.com/shaft.jpg

 

Oh and I also took the rear engine support and rack out too. Wasnt sure if that was needed but it sure made it easy to get the center diff in and out. I hope this hepls somebody out, if not sorry for wasting your time and bandwidth. I have a bunch more pics too if anyone needs any of has any quesions. Now that I have done this job I definatly would do it again for anyone in the Denver area that doesnt want to tackle it themsleves. I think my price is fairly cheap too.

 

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Did you do this on a lift or on your back? how long did it take?

 

I think its, If it aint a Tight car, it aint a type R. BTw that song sucks.

 

On a lift. This is my first one and I spent about 6 hours on it today. I still have to put in the tranny and diff oil, and install the battery and intercooler piping tommorow. So about another hours worth of work to do.

 

Think it's feasible for one to do on their back? How much does the tranny weigh? Time to start increasing my bench press weight.

 

I stopped working on my back years ago. (well under cars anyway) The tranny is heavy enough to make it not only difficult but dangerous. I used a tranny jack for this one. I usually use the rodeo methond on a honda because they are much lighter.

 

Is it heavier than a VR4 tranny? If not, it can't be that bad...

-from the old big guy-

 

I doubt it. Once the center diff is off it isnt too bad. Its too much to try to bench press and align with the clutch disc by yourself though. gotta love the tranny jack.

 

 

By all means post up the pics for people...

 

Here is the access cover to the TOB shaft. To remove it I just took a hammer and extension and knocked it in. I then removed the shaft and TOB, installed new TOB, reinstalled shaft and then put plug back in the same way I took it out.

 

This is what the new TOB should look like before installing the trans. To get it to reengage teh new clutch you simply push teh pivot arm towards the left side of the car and you will hear a *CLICK* thats all there is to that.

 

Here is the pretty fidanza flywheel I installed. Its so light it almost floats away.