Ok i found a 87 5sp at my local junk yard they want 100$ for it.I already removed the starter,two bottom tranny bolts and loosened the top two.I also removed the master cylinder and the line for it.
My question is i cant seem to get the clutch pedal out.I removed the long nut but the bolt itself doesnt want to come out.is there a reason why?It got stuck near the brake pedal like something inside the tube stopped it?
One more thing i dont need the pressure plate right im buying a new clutch?And any good ideas to get the flywheel off,i have three hours to get it out thanks guys !

 

54mm flywheel nut is hard. 300lbs and some room to work.

 

is there a tool i can get at say a local autozone too help make it easier?

 

Not really normally just brute force works. I couldn't believe I got mine off. I only weight 165.

 

im going to have to figure a way to keep the flywhell from turning huh.

its 54mm so thats what size socket i need?

 

at first i tried using just a reg rachect wit a 9 ft lever arm. i ended up breaking the rachet. and i had my two cousins helping do it too. good thing it was a craftsman. so i just gave up and brought my air compressor and impact gun to the junk yard and *ziipp zipp* the bolt came off with in seconds. kinda made me feel like i wasted an entire day tryin to get it off.
btw, u can get that 54 mm or 2 1/8 inch socket at sears. took me awhile to figure out that they sell it there.

 

my moms bf just told me i should be able too reuse my flywheel from my auto is this true?i thought they were diff.

 

AUTO is a flexplate, the manual is a flywheel......

 

ok thanks i guess my work cut out for me tomarrow.

 

one question is the flywhell bolted to the engine or the transmission? thanks guys! Also is the nut right or left handed threads thanks.

 

The guys are right....find an air compressor and it will zip that nut right off.

I actually broke my ring gear using a flywheel wrench propped against the cherry picker while pulling on the breaker bar.

The teeth on the ring gear snapped off instead of the nut coming loose. Yet, two seconds with an impact will do wonders.

Also, I second the whole automatic - manual flywheel being different. I have seen the two in person, they aren't compatible.

 

If you cant find an impact wrench, cut it off. A dremel may take a while, but It'd get it eventually, thats what I'm about to do w/ my blown s4 engine.

 

to the engine. make sure that u put it on all the way 350ftlbs or so. they say that if u do not put it on all the way taht it will come off wen u are driving and cut off your feet. who knows if they are true. but ppl say to put lock tite(blue one) on the nut but that would make it a bitch to take off the next time so.... gl

 

thanks for the info but to get the nut off is it right or left(last question)?

 

lefty loosie righty tighty

 

thread closed thanxs!

 

it is a standard threaded nut. Lefty loosie as noseated put it.

the story about loosing a foot over a flywheel breaking loose is very true.

My dad grew up building muscle cars and one of his best friends growing up lost his right leg from the knee down when his flywheel let loose at 9000 rpm. It bounced inside the trans housing for a few seconds and then the pieces came ripping through the interior. Some parts actually made it through the roof of the car. He is lucky none did any worse than take his leg. He could've died from it. This is the reason scatter shields are required in some drag racing classes.

How much damage it would do at a much lower rpm I can't say.....but the danger is there.

Use lock-tite on that nut when you re-install it. May be a hassle to take off in the future, but that is a problem I would rather deal with when it comes to pass.