Southern California Club Xterra
Southern California Club Xterra => SCCX Xcursion Pictures => Topic started by: knightrider on August 29, 2013, 10:45:56 PM
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So Randy and I had a blast changing out BikerCage's clutch last sunday. heres some pictures from our 10 hr clutch swap, pretty good for us as neither of us have done an xterra clutch before.
Setting up getting ready for the job at hand
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Brand new shiny parts from JWT, new one piece flywheel thats half the weight of the stock piece. clutch disk is both larger in diameter and has a wider friction surface for more bite. JWT modified stock pressure plate for more clamping force with a lighter pedal.
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Jacking up the truck, we put the rear up as high as possible, this makes it easier to tilt the transmission down without hitting the ground.
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Pulling out the exhaust and driveshaft.
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The pile of parts that had to be removed before removing the transmission. catback exhaust, B pipes, passenger side cat, front and rear driveshaft, k brace, and fender liner to access the cat. Randy and I both brought air compressors so we had 2 airlines, making quick work of most of the removal.
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Getting the transmission jack in place, ready to start dropping it. This definetly wouldnt have been an easy job without this tool.
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Randy tilting the engine back to allow us to pull the transmission out.
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There she is, isn't she pretty?
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Randy removing the old clutch and flywheel. He was getting rained on by large chunks of clutch dust that had built up inside the pressure plate. Notice randys coolant jug pillow.
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The Carnage.
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The stock 2 piece flywheel with 2 nice grooves from the rivets on the clutch disk, the flywheel had lots of play between the 2 pieces as well.
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The old worn clutch and pressure plate, not much friction matterial left, very close to the rivets on the pressure plate side.
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Old Clutch is out, time for lunch. yum yum
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The install was a breeze and we got the transmission in with no problems, i had to run by nissan on monday to pick up 5 qts of manual trans fluid and 3 qts matic D for the transfer case, got the oil installed on wed, and took it for a drive after jump starting the truck, the battery had been drained from accessories left plugged in to the 12v port so a charger was needed to bring the battery back up. all in all, a good day.
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Nice wieners.
;D
Looks like a lot of work. Glad to hear everything went well. If you would of invited me, I could of helped you bench press the transmission. LOL
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Everyone was invited. Paul showed up for a bit but no other visitors other than rich's son with his trucks, but he ran away when the compressors kicked on lol. I've done plenty of bench pressing transmissions before and that's why I bought the trans jack lol.
Not sent with the stupid auto guide app
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Nice work! Wish I could have made it, would have been nice practice for doing mine, it's time is coming to an end. How's it feel with the lightened flywheel?
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I owe you guys beers at the next mod day that i am home for. Will definetly have a case or so when I get home. You guys are amazing and saved me some monies!
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your son was very happy that his truck was back up and running, he couldn't wait to go for a ride so hurry up and get home safe :D
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Excellent thread/job. Big kudos to Jordan and Randy for helping a fellow sccx'er.
Love the photo of the coolant jug/headrest.
Classic! :)
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Nice write-up and photos Jordan. I've been out to sea (literally) the last 10 days. Jordan made this job lots of fun and kinda easy...ish.
And no, we do not want to do another one until OUR trucks need it :o
Hurry back from duty Rich, and lets get wheelin' ;)
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holly shishkabob! you guys are doing really well during my absence! hahahahahahaaa
Greetings from LA!