Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 (edited) My Senior Master Technician that installed my new FLYWHEEL, CLUTCH, & TRANSMISSION did a great job. My car was in a bay that was next to a roll up door that had a window in it from the outside, so I was able to watch the entire removal and installation. With a escort I was allowed in the service bay a few times to look things over. My Tech. did the entire job himself except for lifting the transmission and adjusting the exhaust. Now I know why they call him a Master. He has worked there for 12 years. A true professional. Here are a few tips that I have picked up on. 1.) The front of the motor has to be jacked up to get the proper angle to remove and install the tranny. If you have a carbon Fibre intake, it will need to come off so you don’t damage it, or remove the tower brace. 2.) Make sure you have the right flywheel before you start the job. Mine was for a GT and I had to get a GT500 one overnighter. 3.) After installation, the clutch hydrolics need to be blead off. My tech used a suction machine to get the air out. 4.) The Teflon lube gets applied to both Clutch splines and Tranny input shaft. REMOVAL of the Transmission It took 1 hour and 45 minutes for a master tech to get the tranny out. I watched him do it. These are the steps I watched. 1. Remove shifter. 2. Remove my JLT Carbon fibre tube & filter so it would not get damaged during jacking of the motor. 3. Remove front X pipe and Cat's. Temp support rear exhaust and sensor wiring. 4. Remove drive shaft. 5. Remove lower front suspension A arm steel tube brace. 6. Remove tranny X member. 7. Remove tranny. 8. Remove flywheel. INSTALLATION of the new flywheel, clutch and transmission. The installation of the new parts took 1 hour and 50 minutes. Then you will be ready for a test drive. These are the steps I watched. 1.) Install Flywheel. 2.) Install Clutch. 3.) Apply Teflon lube to splines 4.) Install Transmission and shifter. 5.) Install Transmission X support. 6.) install lower front A arm tube brace. 7.) Install Driveline. 8.) Install Front Cats and X pipe exhaust. 9.) Adjust rear exhaust tips. 10.) Hook up electrical sensors to transmission and Cats. 11.) Install stick shift handle and boot. 12.) Bleed air out of clutch hydrolics. 13.) Test Drive By the time you check the car in and then the work is done and you do a test drive and then do the paperwork, it turns out to be a 6 hour job. I have some videos and Pic’s coming up that show some of the work. Let me tell you that the car shifts like a different car. No hissing when the clutch is in nuetral and pushed in to the floor. No bumping of the syncros. Smooth shifting and down shifting. Now when I push the clutch in and put it in gear…it goes in right away. I can even down shift into 1st gear at a slow roll from 2nd. It is sweet. To describe the shifting is hard to do in words. It just goes into gear. You feel the click in the gearshift, you do not hear it. Not realy a click, but it feels like the syncros are open and ready to accept the gear. A true pleasure. Yes…a big difference. I also noticed that 4th 5th and 6th are smoother now too. :happy feet: Edit: Torque Spec for new clutch bolts added and Parts Pic. torque the clutch bolts to 74 in-lb in a star pattern and then double click to 80 in-lb and NO 90* TURN!! Edit: Release bearing was defective. Tranny had to come back out. See thread attached: http://forum.teamshelby.com/forums/index.p...c=25899&hl= 2nd edit: 2nd Release bearing was whining untill the air was blead. http://forum.teamshelby.com/forums/index.p...c=27400&hl= 3rd edit: I had the newly designed flywheel and another clutch installed per the TSB listed in this thread: http://www.teamshelby.com/forums/index.php...ic=32271&hl Edited August 20, 2008 by Grabber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fllaw1 Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Grabber, great to hear everything worked out for you well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCGT500 Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Lets try this... Did they remove your shifter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Install videos coming in a couple minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 I have some removal and instal vids. Removal first. Unbolting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Getting it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Rotating it to get it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Removing the flywheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 NOW FOR THE INSTALL Installing the flywheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT500Tow Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Was anything different or were the parts the same as the ones that came out ? In other words are these parts updated "Improved" or the same ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Torque the bolts correctly. Very important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 (edited) Installing the 9 clutch bolts Edited January 17, 2008 by Grabber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 More of putting the clutch in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Torque the clutch bolts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Installing the Lube Yes the Lube. This gave me a Chubby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ati Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Rob, I'm happy they got you all fixed up. :happy feet: Now wash her, wax her and put her to bed until spring. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 (edited) Tranny installation. YES !!!!!!! :happy feet: Edited January 17, 2008 by Grabber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 (edited) Jacking the tranny into position Edited January 17, 2008 by Grabber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 (edited) Bolting the Tranny Bell housing up Edited January 17, 2008 by Grabber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 :happy feet: FINAL STEPS :happy feet: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Rob,I'm happy they got you all fixed up. :happy feet: Now wash her, wax her and put her to bed until spring. Alan Alan, I brought her home, and put her up on the ramps to look everything over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 (edited) Here is what I found. A perfect job. No scratches anywhere. :happy feet: Edited January 17, 2008 by Grabber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Then I changed the oil and filter. :happy feet: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Then I washed her up and put some Ice on her :happy feet: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Then I did a small Mod. Shelby Lic. plate frame :happy feet: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCGT500 Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Did you spend "as" much time w/ Tana today? It is her birthday. :tease: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 My GO was tired after all that. She needs to rest now. So I tucked her into the shop and put a blanky on her and a fan under the back as usual to keep air movement under the car. 3600.8 miles and she's ready for Spring. I also had to update my signature and avatar. :happy feet: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCGT500 Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Then I did a small Mod. Shelby Lic. plate frame :happy feet: Why do you have holes above your license plate?? Does it make your car lighter? Is that the secret of the Grabber Orange cars, and why they are faster than the Black verts?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Did you spend "as" much time w/ Tana today? It is her birthday. :tease: After I ordered some mods from Jay Tucker, I called my girl Tana to thank her for letting me buy the carbon Fibre fuse box cover and radiator cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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