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underOATH
06-16-2010, 01:25 PM
Im working on replacing the clutch, and I was following this How-To

http://www.ephatch.com/forum/showthread.php?43518-DIY-Clutch-Flywheel-Rear-Main&highlight=clutch

So now ive got the subframe almost completely off, except the LCA is stuck and I dont know what to do from here... Sorry for the excessive noob-ness, this is my first big project!

Here are some pics of where I'm at. I baically want to know what I should do so I can start on dropping the tranny... thanks!

http://cl.ly/f11e321347402e820381
http://cl.ly/8e40f04d13fc5020c6bc
http://cl.ly/e18f39293cf226b10378
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VIZHUNZ02SI
06-17-2010, 10:10 AM
seperate you lca from the knuckle. you CAN NOT drop the tranny out until you remove the sub frame. please people stop trying to half ass shit. it will creat more problems.
K20wagon
06-17-2010, 11:40 AM
I actually did mine for the first time last weekend. I just went ahead and dropped everything out with the sub frame.

http://i897.photobucket.com/albums/ac172/graylin89/DSCN1612.jpg
Twisted-X
06-17-2010, 07:07 PM
I've never dropped it all the way out, but it looks like your sway bar is still attached. Don't the endlinks need to be unhooked?
talonXracer
06-17-2010, 07:27 PM
No need to disconnect the swaybar, just remove the pinch bolts on the strut/knuckle joint and drop everything down all together. You will need help lifting it back up. If you are by yourself then you may want to break it all down separately.
K20wagon
06-17-2010, 08:04 PM
No need to disconnect the swaybar, just remove the pinch bolts on the strut/knuckle joint and drop everything down all together. You will need help lifting it back up. If you are by yourself then you may want to break it all down separately.

Indeed, the worst part for me was trying to put the sub frame back up in there especially since everything was still attached but I got it back up in there in a hour. I had 2 jacks and put one on the left side and the other on the right and jacked up while making sure that everything would go back into place.