3rd gen pressure plate's are very different from most I've seen. How the heck do I remove it from the throwout arm. It slides foreward but only to a point. I'm sure there's a clip somewhere...........help

Thanks
Nate

 

i dont know how far along you are but, this works the best for me. and thanks to wargasm for telling me how to do it this way a couple years ago:

Remove both inspection plates on the bellhousing.
Remove the clutch slave and let it dangle by the line.
Stick your hand in the top inspection hole and pull back on the release fork.
While holding it like that, look in the lower hole with a light and you should see that the collar is pressed into the pressure plate now.
Stick a long flathead screwdriver in there between the bearing and the collar... while releasing the pulling force on the release fork with your other hand. The collar will stay in the pressure plate, and the release bearing will come out of it.

If you do this right, it should be disconnected.

 

http://www.zeroglabs.com/rx7/pullclutch.htm

Thanks again go to Brian (wargasm)

 

im planning on doin this soon also when ur putting the clutch back on is there anything that u have to do with the release fork or will everything just slide into place.....thanks in advance

 

its really easy to put it back together. just put the throwout bearing on the fork and put the tranny back in. then pull on the fork until it pops back into the pressure plate. my suggestion is that you replace the pilot bearing while your at it though. it saves you from a headach later