Does anyone have specific details of SLP clutch install

Hey Everyone,

I am planning on doing a Clutch disc and pressure plate/throwout bearing install on my own. Does anyone have specific step by step instructions on this procedure? My car is pretty much stock...1995 Z28 convertible. The clutch is starting to slip at 85000km and i believe i can do this. I will be using SUV jack stands and whatever else i need.

Thanks in advance!

Peter

It's no different than any other clutch install. You could try a search here under "clutch install" or I would just pick up a Haynes or Chiltons repair manual, the procedure is detailed in there very well.

Thanks...
i guess what i was wondering is if there are any web sites where someone has done their own install on a clutch and has it detailed step by step. I have a Haynes and it just doesn't detail things very well. I also meant any type of clutch not specifically an SLP as i understand it is the same for all.

I'll have to look up the link at home, but I think I can get you a very good install guide. It worked great for me. Look for it after 3:00pm today.

Thank You! I'll check then...

I'm soooo sorry that I'm soooo late with this link. LOL, I had to tear apart my office to find where I put the printout to get the link.

Hehe, but I have it!!!!

http://zachz28.8m.com/z28/tutorials/clutch/clutch.htm

This is a very good step by step guide. No pics, but the step by step instructions are AWESOME. I have the SLP LT4 modded pressure plate and a LT1 clutch disk. So far so good! Good luck with the install. :)

WOW!!! Exactly what i was looking for! Thank you! I am doing this job this weekend and will let you know how it goes. How long in hours did it take you? I think i will make it a two day event so that way i can get the flywheel resurfaced. What was the maximum height of your floor jacks that you placed under your car...i have four two tonne jacks that extend at their max to about 17 or 18 inches...should i get higher ones?

Thanks again!

Peter

Me and a friend got done in about 7 hours, however it was my first time doing one of these 4th gen clutch changes. My friend had changed several clutches, but not in an f-body before, so there was some new stuff for him to see. My friend had some very robust jack stands. As best I recall, (and I'm not sure on this) we may have had the car off the ground about 20-21 inches. We had plenty of room, but those stands he had were bigger and had more length than any other jack stands I have ever seen.

Be sure to get the bushing puller for getting the pilot bushing out. That sucker was in there tight. Also, get the brass pilot bushing and not the pilot bearing. The bearing can fall apart and screw up the input shaft. I generally buy my stuff at Autozone, but they didn't carry the bushing, only the bearing. I finally found it at Advance Auto Parts.

Another thing is to change the rear main seal while you are in there, no time like now to do it.

I ended up putting on a new flywheel, but if your surfacer knows what he is doing and it is not heat spotted too bad, you should be fine. Oh, should you put a new flywheel on it, don't forget to transfer the little dowel pin weights.

what weights on the flywheel?
I think I'll be doing the same thing on my own in next few days.
Oh, it will be my 1st time replacing a clutch so I'm pretty much a newb.

i resurfaced the flywheel. I forgot to even check about the part about weights because of this. But there are dowel pins on the back of the flywheel from what i remember. Those are possibly removable? I never checked. ACE1252 would probably be able to answer this better.

The web link he supplied was to the "T". Perfectly written and detailed...was like a recipe. Make sure you can jack the car at least 19 to 20 inches off the ground to the point where the jack meets the car. This allows you to slide the trani jack with the trani on it from under and then back in again. I measured my T56 on the jack and it was about 18 inches or so...i held the front end of the trani down while i pushed it back under the car so this way it cleared the car. The toilet paper removal of the pilot bushing works. You just have to be patient and keep adding the wet paper each time you finish compacting it with whatever you use to bang it in...i used one of the wrachet extensions and a hammer. I discovered my clutch went on me because of a leaky input shaft seal and this oiled and ruined the clutch. so i had to remove the top adapter plate of the trani while i stood it in a plastic bucket so it would not tip everything inside of it. i wasn't about to find out what would happen if i did this while it was on it's side. Then i replaced the seal and resealed the adapter plate. resurfacing the flywheel cost me 45 canadian. I had to rent an impact gun/wrench to remove the flywheel bolts. otherwise you supposedly need a friend to hold the serpentine belt crank pulley with a wrench to stop the engine from turning. the impact gun is easiest. i did everything on my own :)! Very impressed with the job. THanks to ACE1252's excellent link!

Hope this helps...i just did it about three weeks ago so if you need more tips or questions answered i may by able to help you.

Peter