Whats goin on people I finally ordered my new clutch and while the tranny is out is there anything I should do to the tranny/engine as far as seals/bearings go? I would rather knock it out now than a month down the road, thanks ahead of time.

front and rear seals



you may also want to check the rear main seal on the motor, too.

Throwout bearing and hate to say it--pilot bearing. The pilot bearing is real cheap but can be a PITA. I'd check it over real good and if it looks OK, then just clean and lube it up. Also if you want to put new bushings and springs in the shifter box, nows the time.

Pilot brng is a must if it has been awhile. Go ahead and get that over with now to save problems down the road. No lie, it is a PITA, so be prepared, get a brearing removal tool and or a dremel.

I would also replace the transmission mount with a new one. Mazdaspeed sells one that is of hardened rubber for racing.

Thanks I just got it in the mail today, how hard is it to get the flywheel off of the motor, I read somewhere that a nut is holding it onto the eccentric shaft with ungodly amounts of torque. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683358.gif

Off topic(but its mine anyways https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR ) but anyone runnin solid motor mounts and a poly tranny mount? Vibration doesnt bother me I just wanna know how it helped if any.

Well I used a hardware turnbuckle as a torque brace...



Does that count?



Yes it made a huge difference. Improved my 60' by .15 seconds on average. The vibration is only at idle on mine right around 1200 RPM after that its smooth sailing.

it's about 300 ft-lbs! it's not that hard to get off if you have the right tools. something to lock the flywheel and a wrench that will allow you to exert that much twist ... without those tools it's a royal pain in the ass to get it off!

Okay but once its off... my torque wrench only reads up to 150 ft/lbs of torque. You just put it back on and hope it holds or is there a Mazda tool that i need to invest into before I commence with the clutch job? You guys rock, thanks for the answers ahead of time. This is the reason I sport NoPistons.com on my front window. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

Why do yo want to take the flywheel off? If you aren't going with a lightweight flywheel I would just take a brillo pad or 40 grit and ruff it up a bit.

Are you shittin me? I dont want to yank the tranny and just throw a clutch on a warped flywheel. If yer gonna do something do it right, especially when it involves yankin a transmission out of your car. I had a bad experience with a jumpy clutch in my Jeep because I didnt resurface the flywheel, plus not to mention that I drove the car for awhile with a bad clutch so I can only imagine what the flywheel looks like https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683431.gif

Do what yo like man, but unless you have realy abused the **** out of it there should be no point. Good luck with it though.

If there's a mazda dealership near you, they have an awesome flywheel stabilizer that bolts on to the rear plate and holds the flywheel in place. The guy who built my motor has one. I saw it in action yesterday, it made my barbaric method look pitiful. He said the guy at the dealership let him have it.



I agree with everyone else..pilot bearing is definitely a must. My pb went out in my old fb. That thing made some horrible noise when i'd crank it up.

Yah I got a full kit, pilot ,throwout, p/plate and disc. Im puttin it up on the lift today to start pullin the tranny so I'll see soon how bad the damage is.

if you have the 2 1/8th socket and an impact gun its easy

is THIS the hardened mount that was mentioned, or is it something else. i was looking in their racing section and didn't see anything about tranny mounts and i thought this one was just a stock MAZDA part ...

Got my clutch in!! Thanks to all that helped with ideas, next comes brakes and suspension.