ready 2 ride, tranny repair ??

[bizzyboi]

OK so i finally got my cb somewhere that i can work on it whenever i like. the first time i got it on the road was quite scary, pulling it with a tow rope is not a good time to find out your brakes don't work. thanx for the e-brake i made it with out any major damage. anyway here is my problem.

i have q 5 spd 90 lx. the clutch wont engage . shift in 1st -5th and reverse and nothing. the engine just spins freely. checked fluids good, linkage good. so im thinking master/slave cylinder might be the issue. i want to eliminate all possible culprits before i chose to replace the clutch assembly. or do you guys think i should just go ahead and put the new clutch in anyway? also is there anything i should know special about pulling the tranny?

[CAMILOSI]

you're clutch is toasted. no point on messing with the slave or the master. tranny removal is straight foward.

[bizzyboi]

yeah i figured as much. guess i was whishing for something easier. i should have it out by tomorrow.

[bizzyboi]

OK in the process of taking my transmission out my gear box had no oil in it. i opened the drain plug and just a few drops of oil came out, should this be a major concern or should i just fill it up and go on about my way. by the way the car was on an incline when i checked, front on jack stands should this make a difference in drainage

[wed3k]

not really much of a difference. there should be around 1.8 qrts.

how'd the clutch look?

[bizzyboi]

havent gotten the tranny out yet these axel nuts are being bitches

[dragtek1]

Oil is for lubrication, so it is definitely a concern when there isn't any. However, we have no history of your vehicle, so it's possible that the previous owner was prepping the tranny to be removed for the clutch job.

When the few drops of oil came out, were there any pieces of shaved metal in the oil?

Use some kind of penetrating oil for the axle nuts. From my personal experience, impact guns are the most pain free way to removing these nuts.

[bizzyboi]

no metal shaving, and i dont have access to a air compressor, so no impact gun for me, i gotta abuse these sob's with my hands

[dragtek1]

Good sign so far. If that's all you got to work with then let's do this. Soak it in PB Blaster and give it a few hits to help it penetrate better.

After about 20 minutes or so, use a *breaker bar* to get the nut off. Grab a pipe, about 2 to 3 feet long preferably and use it as an extension for your breaker bar. This will help increase leverage.

If you still can't get them off then repeat process. Be patient bro!

[bizzyboi]

yeah ill get it off, oh by the way please don't you use your torque wrench to un-tighten / tighten anything anymore. its just to torque shit down, go get urs re-calibrated asap.

[wed3k]

yeah ill get it off, oh by the way please don't you use your torque wrench to un-tighten / tighten anything anymore. its just to torque shit down, go get urs re-calibrated asap.

correct, it fucks with the spring inside the torque wrench.

[dragtek1]

LOL my bad, i used the wrong word. I meant breaker bar. LOL, I have one of the cheap craftsmen torque wrench, it'll break before I can get anything loose.

I'll edit my post; I don't want to be responsible for breaking someones torque wrench.

Here is the breaker bar I have, it's made by Kobalt. I hardly use it after I got my impact gun. http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...502&lpage=none

[bizzyboi]

i was hoping you just typed in the wrong thing. but i busted my ratchet the other night trying to break them loose. yeah i know but i didnt have a breaker bar with me do i did what i had to do. ps dont buy cheap tools i wish i would have taken better care of my snap-on tools, now im working with wal-mart/ stanley tools