Hello.
Would anybody recommended the easiest way to remove the top 2 gearbox bolts on a ca18
Thank you
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Hello.
Would anybody recommended the easiest way to remove the top 2 gearbox bolts on a ca18
Thank you
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with the engine mounts loose, remove propshaft (drain box of oil 1st) remove gearbox X member bolts and let the g/box hang down,
loose engine mounts lets it drop down further, sump sits on the rack,
long extension bar/breaker bar and go over the top of the gearbox to get the top bolts,may need a wobbly socket if engine pipe work
limits the g/box dropping down/how big of a gap between trans tunnel and g/box you get,remove rad hoses/throttle body pipe if need be
possible the engine driven fan may catch the rad cowling plastic so let it down slowly
Is rhd so different/difficult? I just undo them from the top with a spanner on a lhd car.
do people still fit the top bolts? I normally leave them out.
I was contemplating leaving them out after watching drift garage with teurck and forsberg and they never put them in
Thanks every one for replying.
Yeah I have been told to leave the top 2 out aswell.
Think I will do just that haha
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Lazy amateurs
Indeed ^^ for the sake of two bolts and chance of the bell housing cracking around the dowel bolts,I will fit them to any car I work on
seen too many cracked bell housings on auto's and manuals ,can even be the cause of mystery squeaks and creaks
easy from underneath,can remove and refit from the top, bit fiddly but doable, unlike the nightmare of the bently continental gt autobox remove/refit
at least 3 BH bolts are blocked by turbos/engine mounts and countless other near impossible bolts/cr@p in the way,
we concluded it would be easier to drop the engine/g/box out the bottom then split them apart next time