172 Gearbox Removal

[LeeJSA]

Last time I did this I took the whole engine & box out in one.

This time however I have my ramps so I'm going for the 'out the bottom method'

Reckon an hour or so & it should be out.....or is that wishful thinking?!

Cheers

Lee

 

[ben_p]

90 mins is doable if you have ramps

 

[Waitey]

Can i have a quick guide on how to do this?

I'm doing it soon. Never done a clio before.

 

[ben_p]

I wrote this a while ago,

This is to do it with removing the enigne, shouldnt take more than 4 hours for in a nd out

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=258911

 

[ben_p]

[youtube]8iSs0ZGwNaU[/youtube]

 

[Waitey]

Sweet buns

 

[ben_p]

lol

 

[ben_p]

NOTE. those arnt cheep duds which you can see the "band" on,

There an other pair of pants lol

 

[Clgale88]

Im going to be taking ym gearbox out from the bottom 2 is there a guide on how to do this??

 

[Fred@BTM]

remove entire passenger front corner (just take it off in 1 piece, unbolt the lower ball joint and pull the hub, strut and driveshaft out in 1 go)
undo lower box mount and dog bone
drop subframe, don't have to completely remove it

the rest is easy enough, i remove the starter

watch out for the PAS pipe over/round the box

 

[LegoHead]

how heavy is the box?

 

[Fred@BTM]

about 37kg

 

[LegoHead]

doable on your own then.

 

[Fred@BTM]

yeah, just awkward to "bench press" back in

 

[LeeJSA]

Yup....you were indeed correct Fred...it does just fit through the gap! LOL!

Just under 2 hours we got it out in - wasnt as bad a job as what I imagined to be honest - hopefully I wont be needing to do it again once I have the box back fixed!!!!

 

[mini-valver]

Doing mine in a few weekends, no PAS pipes etc to worry about though so hopefully, the same method will be slightly easier, lol!

 

[LeeJSA]

To be honest mate the PAS pipes dont really get in the way too much - was just a case of hooking them out the way!!

 

[kev 3dr]

What have you done to the box Lee ??

 

[LeeJSA]

Kev.....I personally havent done anything to it mate unfortunately...other than use it! LOL!

See here...

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=392974

 

[Paulstewart20]

So how much do you lower the sub frame to remove box? I only seem to get about an inch of movement

 

[imprezaworks]

Good effort on thread revival

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

I might be wrong but undoing the steering rack may give you some more movement. Or it might be the anti roll bar hindering progress?

Are you removing the box to replace or do you just need to do the clutch? I changed my clutch with the box half way out.

 

[hipwell]

I didn't touch the subframe when I did mine.

Out the top if your shift the radiator ecu and any other bits in the way

 

[merlins_hat]

I wrote this a while ago,

This is to do it with removing the enigne, shouldnt take more than 4 hours for in a nd out

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=258911

Anyone have a new link to this guide?