Clean_Ej6

I just blew my tranny in my single cam dont ask how, i just need some advice on how to take the hole motor and tranny out like what do i need to do to get it out i have all tools and a cherry picker to lift out. a little more info on the car its a 98 ek hatch with a y7 in it any info or pics on it is help full since never done befor.

Numba1 K Series

How did you blow out your transmission?

boxeocampeon

standard tools and cherry picker should be it

Cyberwaste

its not to hard the axles are the hardest part if you have problems

other then that disconnect everything and leave the mounts for last

98civdx

get a impact if you dont have one, i hate takeing axles out without one.
just unhook everything double check and lift her out.

95jdmcivic

Ive took out my engine 4 times now, takes me about an hour to and hour and a half now to have the engine completly out. No power tools. just drain all your fluids, except oil, unless you want to, disconnect all hoses, then any vaccume lines, throttle cable, ground wires, wire harness, fuel line, etc, then unbolt ur lower ball joints and pull them axels out, easiest with a fork. Attach ur cherry picker, and unbolt ur mounts. BAM ur done

Clean_Ej6

well the first three gears are going out realy bad and the clutch just went out, but thanks for all the help regarding taking it and yeah my neighbor is a mechanic so he as a cherry picker and all the sockets to take the axels off and he has an impact gun that i can use, i had one other question do you have to take like the front suspension of for the axels or what.

sde780

You can just drop the motor out the bottom, don't even need a cherry picker. Drain your fluids, take pics of where vacuum hoses go, unplug harness, pop out axles, attach cherry picker, undo mounts. Not that difficult

Cyberwaste

ok to take the axles out you have to use a 32 mm socket to get the axles nutt off

and then there is this nut and pin

sde780

Jack up the balljoint, put a breaker bar or lug nut between that and the LCA and lower the jack. It should pop out, if not try it again. You don't need a pickle fork to separate the ball joint

Cyberwaste

no dont use the fork

just PB blast it and let it sit and then use a breaker bar or put the nut back on some and hit the sides of it to break it lose (this is what i did) and it worked

the fork will only break your lower balljoint and you will have to get a new one

Clean_Ej6

This all help a hole lot hopefully get this god forsakin single cam out this weekend.
I have a ek cf duckbill mugen style front lip and eg driver seat for sale or trade to i need a tranny and clutch for a single unless some one wants to trade a whole swap.

Vindicator9000

see swapthread in my sig for basic guidelines on removing a singlecam. Honestly ain't too hard though.... you just keep unbolting stuff until it practically jumps out at you.

98civdx

dont use a pickle fork, that a quick way to destroy your ball joints.

boxeocampeon

def and impact i forgot about that one those are time savors by hours

thumper64

If you brought in the LCA and knuckle connected with a ball joint, would they honor the warranty on lifetime warranty balljoints?

Clean_Ej6

can i get a little bit more indepth help on taking the balljoint crap off for the axels im just about to this point in the removale of my single cam and realy dont want to f@%k things up so if any one can explain it a little more this is first time iv done it and if any one has a y7 or y8 with tranny for sell let me know!

98civdx

either get a ball joint removal tool (reccomend this) or there is another way, i think its in the faq up top.
or just beat the **** out of the control arm, be careful not to hit ball joint.

Clean_Ej6

so do you remove the pin out from below the ball joint then what im a little lost like step by step what do you do or when i get to it will it make more sence cause from looking at pics i realy dont understand it lol.