Back to the transmission topic i asked for in a other thread.
Yesterday i started to investigate a way o disassemble the transmission without pulling the engine.
That's the way i did it:
- loosen the screws at the connection between header and elbow tube to allow some rotation/movement
- drain the transmission fluid
- remove gear lever knob
- disassemble the 4 seat runner screws from the passenger seat (LH drive) to the main frame, move the seat a bit outboard or remove seat to get space for transmission tunnel removal
- remove transmission tunnel srews, pull the handbrake leaver, remove the transmission tunnel, take care of the shifter and brake boot, cut the cable ties inside the boots
- disconnect all electrical connections(2 plugs) and speedo cable from the transmission
- remove the screws from the lower aluminum kick panel behind the seats to get space for drive shaft disassembly
- remove the 4 bolts from drive shaft to differential flange
- remove drive shaft, move it foreward to get some play to diff flange, tilt it to one side and then go rearward passing the side of the diff flange
- support transmission from below
- remove the 2 screws from transmission to the transmission crossmember from below
- remove the 2 bolts from transmission crossmember to main frame
- push out the transmission crossmember to below
- tilt engine and transmission smoothly that the transmission end points down, maybe it is necessary to loose the engine mounts before to allow movement
- remove 4 bolts from transmission to bell housing
- slide out the transmission and support it not to bend the pressure plate arms
Finished, it sounds easy but need the car jacked up or beeing on a ramp with access and room enough to move the transmission below.
It is not so easy to remove the transmission because of the ears comming from the main frame to connect the transmission crossmember.
I had some noise comming from the release bearing together with rattling and vibration if the clutch was not pressed.
The reason for the noise and vibration was a broken spring in the clutch fork. That spring normally keeps the release bearing from vibration.
It broke and slipped off the release bearing cage misaligning the cage a bit at every clutch pedal use.
The release bearing inner bore started to wear irregular and the final result, a bigger, uneven play between the bearing and the pilot tube on the transmission did the rest.
Now the transmission is out and need a pilot tube or release bearing retainer replacement. I will check the internal status of the transmission and rework the bearings, gears and synchro rings if needed.
Pictures to follow.
Hope that helps if someone need to get out the transmission and don't want to pull the engine.