Need My Clutch Installed Sydney

[SargeRX8]

Hey all,

Does anyone here install cluches or know of places to install my clutch? My clutch should be ready by wednesday/thursday and it will have the flywheel with it too which is machined. I think it comes with the throw out bearing or what ever its called, I'm not too sure yet. Only thing I don't have is the seals as I don't know which ones(if any) I need to replace.

If I could get my car high enough I would do it my self but I don't think that is likely.

If anyone here in Sydney does clutch installations or knows of any places who don't charge my wallet, that would be great. Lube mobile quoted me $620 to do an on site clutch change. I assume this would be the highest cost so everything else should be less!

Cheers guys.

Oh and car is an R33 GTST.

[Galois]

I got quoted over $700 for a change on my r34 once.

Have a search in the nsw section for goos skyline mechanics, there are plenty in sydney. Just don't take it to someone who hasn't been recommended or they might fk it up, happened to me.

[eiresgaus]

Whereabouts in Sydney are you?

[SargeRX8]

Parramatta but can travel.

$700 is too much. Ive read people getting it done for $400 up in qld. Any mechanic who has changed a clutch can do it, its the same as any other car.

[eiresgaus]

The only place so far I've given my Skyline to for work on it has been Tunehouse in Marrickville, talk to Tony..

May not be the cheapest but hey worth a shot, they're great people to deal with.

[Galois]

r34 clutches are pull type not push, different removal procedure. The mechanic I took it to didn't know that or that it was an important difference. He's been in the industry for 30 years and assured me that he'd done the job many times.

Point is, if you pay a little more to get it done right you'll be so much happier than going for cheap, them stuffing it up then then stuffing you around.

[Blue R34 GT]

the latest place i took my r34 to is MRC dyno & performance, they're in castle hill...talk to Mark

[Aggroman]

33 clutches are easy. It takes me roughly 3-4 hrs depending oh how much of a bitch the bolts are, this is on the ground. It would be half with a hoist.. most places charge 4-500 for a clutch and u won't need to replace seals if its not leaking

[Galois]

  On 21/03/2011 at 11:59 AM, Blue R34 GT said:

the latest place i took my r34 to is MRC dyno & performance, they're in castle hill...talk to Mark

That name comes up a lot in recommendations, it's where I'd go.

[SECURITY]

you dont need your car very high to do a clutch change. i did mine while it was on ramps.

[Messiah]

dont tell me that... i've got a clutch waiting to go and i'm just too chicken shit to try it myself... telling me i can do it on ramps is gonna lead to disaster...

[SECURITY]

its not a massive job mate. i did my whole manual conversion with my car on ramps and jack stands.

the hardest thing is lifting the box back onto the motor. the rest is easy.

[SargeRX8]

Ive pulled out a box and put it back on the car while it was no no wheels and lifted at an angle. Worst experience of my life but would have been a piece of piss with someone elses help.

[WARLORD]

call Dart

[Messiah]

alright... i'm gonna give it a shot, if anyone reads a headline of "man crushed by gearbox in own driveway" you will know how it went.

So for those who know, whats the process?? disconnect the drive shaft, drop the great box and go to work?

Also, are their any consumables i should look at replacing while i'm at it (figure i'll do my gear box oil again whilst its easy to get to the filler hole).

And last of all, i should probably machine the fly wheel too no? if so is pulling the fly wheel fairly straight forward? and anyone know of a place in sutherland shire who do good work?

*wanders off to find service manual*

[SargeRX8]

  On 23/03/2011 at 9:42 PM, Messiah said:

alright... i'm gonna give it a shot, if anyone reads a headline of "man crushed by gearbox in own driveway" you will know how it went.

So for those who know, whats the process?? disconnect the drive shaft, drop the great box and go to work?

Also, are their any consumables i should look at replacing while i'm at it (figure i'll do my gear box oil again whilst its easy to get to the filler hole).

And last of all, i should probably machine the fly wheel too no? if so is pulling the fly wheel fairly straight forward? and anyone know of a place in sutherland shire who do good work?

*wanders off to find service manual*

Tail shaft comes off, starter motor comes off, loosen all the electronic senders, undo bellhousing bolts, slide her back a little and drop her down.

You're gonna need new seals. There is a lower one, and some rear one. Theres a few more and a complete kit cost into the hundred or two region. I don't know much about the seals so I cant say. Might as well change the fluid.

If the clutch is different to your old one you probably need it at least shimmed to get the old material off so your new clutch can lay its new material on. Air wrench is good here, or a telegraph pole as a breaker bar. I think these are tighted to about 150 torque and loctite. You're gonna need loctite when putting them back on too. I still havent got my clutch or heard from the guy who is making it. I hope it comes soon because I really need to get my shit onto the car.

[NISMO]

Removing the exhaust is probably needed as well, or at least will make removing the box easier.

[FLN75S]

Don't forget to drain the gearbox of oil first as well, specially if your doing it on ramps because as soon as you pull the tailshaft out you will have oil leaking everywhere.

[Messiah]

righteo... found the seal kit for 103 at kudos... so thats a start... i'll try and do a little more digging myself now aswell, cant seem to find a clutch section in engine manual so i might go searching elswhere.

that said, always happy to listen to any ones advice so feel free to keep it coming.

[Cassbo]

I believe you also need to take the shifter out, which involves pulling apart the dash, unscrew a couple of screws and circlips.

Flywheel Bolt - 124-152Nm

Clutch Bolt - 34-44Nm