any advice or tips? do you need to lube up the bearing or anything before installing it. any precautions to watch out for when taking the transmission out?

 

The haynes manual And the on-line FSM both do a good job of describing the steps.
I presume your swapping the clutch while your in there?

 

replace the T/O bearing with the turbo model T/O bearing, Mazda part number F853-16-510. Make sure and replace your pilot bearing. No lube required on the T/O bearing. Change your shifter bushings and add Redline or neolube to the tranny. Go to Harbor frieght in Columbia and spend 30 bucks on a transmission jack adapter for your floorjack. Good Luck!

 

na the clutch is only a year old. the throw-out bearing is just making nasty noises

 

banzaitoyota has a good point - the pilot bearing is spinning at the same time the T/O bearing is loaded..

 

so are there any cautions to worry or watch out for when taking out the transmission?

 

Yeah, don't drop it.

Drain the fluid first, or the first time you remove the drive shaft and tip the tranny beyond horizontal, you'll get 1 1/2 quarts of the foulest smelling fluid you've ever smelled, all over the floor.

Other than that, it's a good weekend to remove and reinstall, but it's not bad.

PaulC

 

Use a transmission jack adapter!!!!!!!

 

Be sure to remove the clutch slave cylinder or itll get hung up on some misc. lines in the engine bay and youll sit under the car for 3 hours trying to figure out why the tranny won't slide out.

 

I didn't think it smelled THAT bad...

 

Try getting it out of your hair.

Maybe rotting meat smells worse, but it's a close second

PaulC