Meccadeth

I'm replacing my stock clutch, flywheel and slave cylinder tomarrow. I've been researching what all I need to do on install university...

http://installuniversity.com/install...r_cylinder.htm

http://installuniversity.com/install...ch_install.htm

Are there any other details that they left out that I should know about before getting started? I guess some people said they just "bench pressed" the transmission out instead of using wood stacking strategy. I also have to "clean" the clutch, how do I do that? How do I "bleed" the clutch lines exactly? Any other help & tips is appreciated...

teke184

what kind of car?

on my LS1 trans there is a bleeder screw on the driverside of the trans, right were the bellhousing bolts to the trans, kindda up on the top in the trans tunnel.

i was able to do my clutch for the most part alone wiith just a floor jack.

use brake cleaner to clean the clutch, flywheel etc...

what clutch/fw are you going with?

Meccadeth

'99 Z28

I went with a Z06 clutch, pressure plate, slave cylinder, and flywheel.

Meccadeth

Any advice on taking out the top two bolts connecting the bell housing to the tranny?

nateh

I've done this a couple of times and had very little trouble with the top two bolts when I loosened the transmission mount bolt and let the whole thing sag a little on the engine mounts. I put a floor jack under the rear of the transmission and let it down. Then I used a long extension to reach the bolts. It was a lot easier than I had thought it would be.

Meccadeth

My tranmission won't "sag" any...it just stays in the same place I've taken out the driveshaft, crossmember, upper torque arm mount, torque arm mount, and transmission mount and i'm still not getting any play.

I got the top driver side one out but this passenger side one is going to be impossible given my current circumstances....you think it would be practical to just take all the rest of them out and kind of twist the transmission clockwise a bit to give me more clearance?

nateh

I know one person who used a pry bar to move the floorpan up just enough to give clearance for the socket. You must have much firmer mounts than came stock on the car. When I undo the trans mount, the whole thing rotates and the rear drops a couple inches. This gives clearance to the bolts.

Some people get to the bolts through the shifter hole from inside the car. You might try that.

Good luck.

97z28/m6

is a LT1 any different than the install above?doing it this weekend.

Meccadeth

I think it might actually be easier getting to the passenger side top bolt from the driver side....I'm getting some more extentions tomarrow and I'm gunna try that out...I can actually see it from the driver side.