How to: Chainge your clutch!!

[Ricco_04]

Brilliant! :god

[RedRummy]

WOW... never knew there was so much involved... but then I am a total noobie...

Now I appreciate those labour charges!! (well, almost!!)

:god :wave

[Crazy Eddie]

Really good write up Jono and very very good of you to post up this thread.
It is worth it\'s weight in gold nice 1 :Thumbs-up

[ro284]

Cant believe i only just saw this! Well done Jono, brilliant step by step with pics too, Thanks for taking the time to do all that, all this info is invaluable for the club and guys who need to do this job! this would be good as a sticky, it\'s going in my favourites, it\'s also helpfull for just seeing under the car! :Thumbsup!
Cheers Bob

[strange_days_uk]

JD can 2 people do this job in a day ?  IE me and my matey gonna try it next week

Swap out the clutch and release bearing.  No pit, Axle stands and beer in the sun !

[Jono FD3]

Hia mate,

It took me about 6 hours to drop the box, so yea, with 2 of you it should be do-able, with an early start!! although I think the beers in the sun may add a few hours to the time & add a few humorous moments!!

Jono

[strange_days_uk]

Nice, well wish me luck for  next weekend.

[cannibal]

Excellent write up, perfect timing as I\'m going to do mine with my father in a few weeks, thanks.

[SupraZed]

Has anyone without previous experience of changing a clutch managed to change theirs using just the guide.  I\'d love to be able to do such a job, once I\'ve got a car that is!!:chat

[N777CK T]

I need a new clutch and would like to save myself a nice £150-£200... I\'d like to be able to do this... how easy it is really... it looks so simple in these write ups!
is it different for different types of clutches or do they all fit the same way?

[RobbieRX-7]

I reckon it will be a slag to do without a pit. You need to roll the car backwards and forwards to undo the prop shaft bolts .Prob easier to remove the engine

[nikp]

I did mine without a pit. Just stuck it on 4 axle stands. Wasn\'t too bad.

[nikp]

I need a new clutch and would like to save myself a nice £150-£200... I\'d like to be able to do this... how easy it is really... it looks so simple in these write ups!
is it different for different types of clutches or do they all fit the same way?

If it\'s an fd it\'s pretty straight forward. I had never done mine before, and just used guides and advice. Nothing went wrong either. Well, ok, i undid the oil drain plug on the gearbox the wrong way, stripped the thread and had to get a new plate that goes on the bottom of the gearbox!! But APART from that (Which was my own stupidity!) nothing went wrong.

I did also try and lift the gearbox back up all by myself, which didn\'t work very well. Had to get a mate to help me on that one.

[Martiny]

Thanks for the link to the video, I manage to get my pressure plate off this evening.

[Bobbit]

I\'ll be using this write up when me clutch arrives, looks fairly simple, if a little daunting. Only thing I am a bit iffy about is marking the drive shaft and removing removing the bolts. I understand why you would need to roll the car, but if i\'m gonna use axle stands will turning both rear wheels in the same direction at the same time do the job? And the mark itself, that needs to be on the shaft and the diff itself, is that correct?
Great write up tho Jono, I\'ve never done a clutch before but i\'m willing to give it a whirl! (Just got to get my hands on some brave pills before i give it a go for real!)