in about few week iam plan to change the clutch. i saw my friend doing it, when he is taking off clutch the plate were spinning (when he is unbolting). so how to stop spinning?? is there a kit for that? or someone has to hold it.

 

Honda offers a tool that screws into one of the tranny mounting bolt holes that will keep the flywheel from moving. I can't tell you how much it costs because I just had a buddy stick a screwdriver between the slots while I tightened everything up.

 

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Same here

 

ah don't buy a tool.. jam that screwdriver in there and ur all set..

 

ditto on the screwdriver. make sure you have a friend to help you remove tranny, it makes it so much easier.

 

I usually just put a breaker bar on the crank pulley.

 

YOU NEED A FRIEND TRUST ME its really heavy puttin back the tranny and just jam a crow bar in there and it wont go anywhere

 

Wouldnt jamming all these stuff in between the slots wreck the gear teeths??

 

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I can't count the number of B-series clutches I've changed and I've never needed help from anyone doing it. Plus I'm a really lanky guy.

 

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I can't count the number of B-series clutches I've changed and I've never needed help from anyone doing it. Plus I'm a really lanky guy.</TD></TR></TABLE>

damn you must be good. Changing clutch is easy...its when you put back the tranny on...that sucker is heavey and you need to align it perfectly....I needed a extra hand.

 

possible to show me a pic where to put screwdriver??

oh and do i need to drain coolent? and remove hose in TB area? thats what it says in helm, but i dont think my friend removed them

 

trust me... you dont need an extra person. those 10mm bolts, you just need to give it a good hit to impact them off...if you go slow and easy...itll spin...but one good smack would be koo

 

just changed mine a little while ago...you could do it yourself but better and faster if you do it with a friend...and i used a crowbar to keep the flywheel from spinning, it isnt very difficult

 

if its your first time.. definately have a friend help you. theres a whole bunch of bolts and ****. when my mechanic did it, he had 2 guys help him align the tranny back on

 

wait when you unbolt clutch&flywheel it doesn move?? only moves when you tight them down??

 

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anyone??

 

It can break loose in any direction. It depends on how much constant force you put into tightening or loosening the bolts.

If you've got an impact wrench, use it to remove the bolts. That way you don't have to worry about the engine moving while loosening the bolts.

If you don't have an impact, take a 1/2" drive ratchet and 19mm deepwell socket. Set it to tighten (normal thread), and slap it on the crankshaft pulley bolt. Rotate the entire assembly until it hits the frame rail. When you go to loosen the flywheel bolts, it'll automatically brace the ratchet against the frame rail.

Do the opposite when you torque the bolts down. Check the crankshaft pulley bolt tightness when you're done.

 

oh ok thanks for info

just one last question, is it bad when flywheel turning to clockwise?? cause when you do head work it has to be turn to counterclorkwise. thanks

 

Clockwise rotation at the flywheel side is ok. Counter clockwise should be avoided on that side.

 

why are you guys making it so hard... just put a screwdriver in between the teeths of the flywheel and the webing on the block. have someone hold it there and the other guy take out the bolts. simple as that. now go on and put knowledge to work. where you've failed, you know you're only closer to succeeding.

 

Hmmm...

Based on the responses I'm reading I don't suppose anyone else has discovered what a transmission jack is. You don't need a friend to remove/install the tranny, you need a tranny jack.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kendall &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hmmm...

Based on the responses I'm reading I don't suppose anyone else has discovered what a transmission jack is. You don't need a friend to remove/install the tranny, you need a tranny jack.</TD></TR></TABLE>im pretty sure most of the people know what it is... or atleast i do. i just don't see the point of spending money on a product where you aren't even going to be using day after day, let alone years. just another handy person will do fine for me.

 

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Understood, but most places have some kind of a tool rental store that won't charge more than about about ten bucks a day for one. It's better to spend ten bucks and securely remove the transmission than it is to risk dropping it on someone.

 

Who needs a tranny jack when you've got a 300lb friend.

 

yea if you have access to one by all means. I personally prolly wouldn't have been able to do it by myself, the trannys heavy and awkard. A friend of mine throws it on his chest, and lfts it up and on, but hes a small little bastard, i don't have any room to move around like that under my car.