Partial engine drop

[9dreizig]

I'm morally against doing it,, but am willing to try in hopes of a quick fix for my throw out bearing / clutch fork issue.
So how is it done ? are ALL of the engine/trannymounts taken off ? I'm thinking that's the only way to get the shifter out of the tunnel ?

[pete3799]

Refresh my memory
i know you did a clutch job but whats wrong with the TO bearing and fork?
A partial drop is just removing the motor mounts and dropping the front of the motor.
The shifter stays in the tunnel.

[9dreizig]

Pete,
Throw out bearing I believe is hanging up the fork and just needs to be moved a bit..

[Ronnie's.930]

I experienced the same thing when mating an engine/trans several years ago - I had to completely drop both in order to seperate them enough to re-align the assembly properly . . .

[full quack]

Not sure if this will help your situation but....
If you remove the OMEGA spring & clutch cable, then remove the circlip from the throw-out bearing shaft, you can slip off the short actuator arm. This will allow you to pivot the shaft & fork, far enough to move or clock, the throwout bearing any place you need to.
Then, bring everthing back into place, slide the short actuator arm back onto the shaft, install the circlip etc, etc.

It is a real pain in the *** to see what your doing through the little access hole in the bellhousing using a little mirror & flashlight....but it can be done.

Mark

[jwasbury]

Originally Posted by full quack

Not sure if this will help your situation but....
If you remove the OMEGA spring & clutch cable, then remove the circlip from the throw-out bearing shaft, you can slip off the short actuator arm. This will allow you to pivot the shaft & fork, far enough to move or clock, the throwout bearing any place you need to.
Then, bring everthing back into place, slide the short actuator arm back onto the shaft, install the circlip etc, etc.

It is a real pain in the *** to see what your doing through the little access hole in the bellhousing using a little mirror & flashlight....but it can be done.

Mark

I've only been through the process a couple of times, but if the release fork is not engaged properly with the throwout bearing I can't imagine how its possible to correct without physically separating the engine and transmission. With some trouble, I'm sure it can/has been done without dropping the lump out of the chassis, but I believe you've got no choice but to unbolt the trans from the engine and pull them apart by at least an inch or two.

As an aside, I started to do a "partial drop" last weekend because I swear I've seen where folks have done it to make access easier for valve adjustments. I just couldn't see how I was going to get the thing low enough without disconnecting oil lines and such. I aborted the partial drop and just did the valves in the "normal" way.

[full quack]

My apologies, I may have been slightly in error with my first post.

I did my clutch just 2 weeks ago, so everything is still clear in my mind. However, my car is an '84, but with a early type clutch assembly. This early assembly, installed into a later car, requires the use of a throwout bearing extention. This fact, is probably why I have room to do what I had noted.

If you have a stock short style throw out bearing, I bet you cannot get away with it.

Mark