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This article is a mish mash of several other articles, and many clutch installs. I put this here to help someone perform their first clutch job, and is not intended to replace the BGB. If something I've shown differs from the BGB, go with the BGB instructions.

Remove the Starter. There are some electrical connectors usually covered by a black plastic cover.

Be sure to have your battery disconnected first. The black box covers 2 of the wires. Pop it off.


Use the 14mm on that bad boy.


Pull the two wires off, and put the nut back on, then replace the black box so you don't lose them.


There is one connector to the passenger side of the black box. Unclip that little guy.


Finally, there are two large bolts connecting the starter body to the transmission. These bolts are close to the tranny, and not the skinny ones easily visible at the end of the starter. Unbolt them with a socket and medium extension. Pull the starter out of the tranny, and set it down somewhere without damaging the teeth on the gear.


Disconnect the backup light switch (gray electrical connector on top of the tranny), ground cables (multiple, don't worry if you can't find them at this point, you will definitely find them when you start to drop the tranny down), and Speedo cable or Speed Sensor from the tranny.

Here's a picture of the 91 speedo sensor. 10mm bolt holding it to the tranny at the bottom right.



Remove the rear wheels and raise the car. Place the wheels under the car for safety. You want to support it under the body in front of the rear wheels with jack stands. Note: Ignore the stand in the middle in this picture.



Remove the plastic undertray from below the car. 5 10mm bolts.


Drain the tranny fluid.



Push the axles through the axle carriers. This will involve many steps. First, set the parking brake, and take the rear wheels off.

A: Take the cotter pins and axle end caps off.


Parking brake still on right? It's 32mm socket and breaker bar time. Jeez.


This might help so the socket doesn't slip off like it did on me multiple times. The pressure from the jack keeps the socket on the bolt where it would normally want to torque/twist off.


Remove the discs with a 10mm bolt screwed into the two small holes to get the disc to pop off the assembly if necessary, see pic...


C: Disconnect sway bar from the end links. 14mm wrench and hex wrench.


D: Disconnect balljoint from lower suspension arm. 2 17mm bolts.


E: Disconnect adjustment arm from brake assembly.


Pop axles through the brake assembly. Before you do this you will have to undo the two strut bolts that connect the strut to the axle carrier (19mm). Use a piece of wood and hammer to hit the axles straight towards the engine. This may take a lot of hits, keep at it, it will free up, and pop through.

They should come out of the carriers and look like this



Remove right hand (passenger) axle only. There are a few ways to do this, the one I used was to remove the axle carrier and just pull the axle out. This first pic is looking through the crossmember at the back of the engine. From below, remove the following

1: Two carrier bolts (removed already)

2: Support brackets nut (removed already)

3: Short support bracket end bolt

4: Long support bracket end bolt



Now, once the bracket is loose (pop it off the block with a screwdriver so it's free) just pull on the entire axle assembly, and it will dance out of the tranny.

Here's the whole thing. I think this way is much easier than the BGB way. Thanks to Shane Craddock for the idea on this.


Disconnect the tranny control cables.

The starter (red circle) should give you a reference for where these are.. Pop the 2 clips off with a screwdriver or pliers, pull the cables off, and put back the washers and clips. One cable has 1 washer, and the other has 2, don't mix them up.


Now, get under the car, and pop these two mount clips off the cables with a screw driver and hammer. They pop straight up and off.


Then push the cables out of the mounts so that they are free floating.


Here's another shot of a clip partially off.


Here they are disconnected from below.


Remove Exhaust system.

Aftermarket systems are much easier than stock. You may want to use some PB Blaster on all of the bolts a day before hand to make your life easier. If you strip out a stud/nut/bolt, be prepared to drill it out. Notice I previously drilled out the stock studs, and used nuts and bolts instead.

3 on the cat.


2 on the rear b-pipe with the Greddy Power Extreme system.


The rest of the pics show the 3 hanger locations.




Remove Slave Cylinder and Front Motor Mount through bolt and Tranny side of the motor mount

Time to get the slave cylinder off the tranny otherwise you'll have to cut the lines which would not make things any easier on you later.

The Slave Cylinder can be challenging to remove and install. It's hard to see the bolts, and to reach them.


There are only 4 bolts to worry about. In the past I've always seen people (myself included) undoing most of the pictured bolts just because you can't see what's holding it on from above or below very well. The top two just hold it down to the tranny. The bottom two sandwich it to the front motor mount and the tranny. The motor mount is not pictured in this pic.


The next few pics are of an install, but will still be helpful, just do the reverse. Under the car, lining up that bolt hole on the right to make things easier.


First step to installing it, temporarily mount the two lower bolts without the engine mount installed.


Here you can see the upper bolt on the drivers side being tightened down with a small wrench and small socket. This is to give you an idea where the bolt is.


Same as above.


Another pic of that bolt.


Here's the upper passenger side bolt being tightened down. Notice the longer socket than the drivers side bolt.


Another angle of the passenger side bolt.


Finally, remove the lower two bolts which were loosely on there, and put the motor mount on, then re-install the two lower bolts.


At this point it's a good idea to use a jackstand and a 2x4 to support the engine. Put the 2x4 under the low part of oil pan, not the transmission. We want to keep the engine where it is so we can remove the motor mounts safely. Later it may be necessary to raise and lower the engine to get the transmission on and off. Keep that in mind and allow yourself space for a jack.


Remove the through bolt for the front motor mount.


On the left, the through bolt is removed, and on the right in the tranny side of the motor mount there are two bolts that due to lack of space must be undone with a wrench. The reason to pull these off is because they are holding the slave cylinder to the tranny.


Unbolt rear motor mount through bolt.


I: If the car has ABS, detatch ABS line from the crossmember. 1 10mm bolt on each side. Also, be careful to move the ABS line above the swaybar, or you might damage it when you drop the crossmember.


J: Unbolt assembly arm from car body.


The left arrow points to a crossmember bolt that's coming up next. The arrow on the right shows you a better shot of the assembly arm.


K: Time to drop the crossmember. Break the bolts loose, but do not take them out yet.


Now is a good time to get another person to help, or use a jack to support the crossmember. Undo the four bolts the rest of the way. Lower the crossmember and pull it out.


Remove drivers side motor mount bolts

From below, these bolts hold the tranny to the tranny side of the motor mount.


The left two arrows point to the top view of the bolts we saw from below two pictures ago. The bolts on the right hold a stay bar, and a mount for the speedo cable.


Another view with bolts loose.


Feel around between the tranny and block and frame for any hoses/wires/clips/etc that are still connected. Disconnect them and don't forget to install them later.


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