Hi guys,

It's getting to that time where I'm gonna change out my temporary 91 LS tranny and replace it with a JDM cable tranny. I read the FSM on the tranny swap, and since I did the engine install and assembly myself it should be easy enough to figure out. However I wanted to know if there was enough room in the engine bay to R&R the tranny with the intermediate shaft still bolted to the block. Has anybody ever dropped their tranny this way?

Also another question I had was about JDM trannies. What JDM LSD cable tranny will work with my 91 Teg LS Exedy clutch and 90-93 Teg axles?

TIA

 

why do u want to leave it bolted up? its not a big deal to take the intermediate shaft off as well. i dunno if its possible or not to take the tranny off without taking the half shaft off first, but i certainly don't suggest it.

while your swapping out the tranny u mine as well think about a few other things, such as main seal, upgraded flywheel/clutch ... ect..and make sure you lube everything you are supposed to on re install.

good luck

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by elmalouno &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why do u want to leave it bolted up? its not a big deal to take the intermediate shaft off as well. i dunno if its possible or not to take the tranny off without taking the half shaft off first, but i certainly don't suggest it.

while your swapping out the tranny u mine as well think about a few other things, such as main seal, upgraded flywheel/clutch ... ect..and make sure you lube everything you are supposed to on re install.

good luck</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well, one of the three bolt holes that secure the halfshaft to the block might have gotten messed up when I did the initial install of the motor. If I take the 3 halfshaft to block bolts out, they might not go back in again. I may end up having to helicoil them into the block or something. The tranny would have to be pulled away from the block 3-4 inches until the halfshaft is all the way out. But I dont know if there is enough room for that.

If I have enough money to spend I might get a lightweight flywheel too. The Exedy clutch is still pretty new with only 3000 miles on it. But I just need to know what trannies the clutch is compatible with since the clutch is for a 90-91 Teg LS.

 

I don't think there's enough room to do that. Even if you pulled the strut rod out there's less than 3 inches of room to move the tranny side to side. At least in my CRX there's not and we have similar setups.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by APEX CRX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I don't think there's enough room to do that. Even if you pulled the strut rod out there's less than 3 inches of room to move the tranny side to side. At least in my CRX there's not and we have similar setups. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Damn that sucks...when I do decide to swap out my tranny I guess I'll get some helicoils in case my halfshaft will be hard to put back on.

 

yup. sorry to break it to you. get them heli-coils ready just in case for sure.