Posted this at the other place just to put it out there, anyways here we go.



Well, I pulled my tranni today finally after eons of not dealing with it. Have a couple pictures to share with everyone and they're a bit large so you can see the bellhousing good enough.



First, i'm not sure which was my problem but obviously the clutch fork needs replaced. But how do you tell if a throw-out bearing is good or bad? I pushed in/out on the clutch fork and it would stay at whatever position i had moved it to, is that because there's no real pressure going onto the fork at all so that's the norm? Should I replace my throw-out bearing as well while I have the tranni out of the car as well?



Lastly, my spedo/tach are having issues. There was a sensor that was broken at the top of the tranni, near the driver side that one side of the cord snapped. Is that just reverse lights? Or could that be part of my speedo problem? Any suggestions/ideas would be appreciate please.



T.c.



Ps. I also had not been able to shift into gear before, when I would try to engage/disengage the clutch whichever the car would make a horrible clunking type sound and do a lot of nothing. Could move it once it was off and I had manually put the car into gear then started the car.

 

Spin the t/o bearing and listen for noise in it. The fork will be loose because there is no hydrolics hooked to it.

 

Replace the throw-out bearing. I don't remember how much they cost, but it can't be that much in the grand scheme of things. You don't want the old/used one to start making noise (or worse) in a few weeks and have pull the transmission all over again.

I'd clean the input shaft thoroughly. Maybe use a strip of fine emery cloth and really get it smooth. Then apply a little grease and see how it moves with a new clutch fork. IIRC, it won't "snap" back, but the fork spring should be enough to make it return with out sticking.

 

85 dollars about from malloy