Clutch Assembly: Removal
- Disconnect negative battery cable. Remove air cleaner assembly. Remove speedometer cable.
- Disconnect front oxygen sensor, transmission ground cable, and harness connectors. Disconnect neutral position switch, back-up light switch and vehicle speed sensor connectors. Remove slave cylinder. Remove torque strut located between engine and vehicle body. Remove starter.
- Install Engine Supporter (927670000) between engine and vehicle body. Raise and support vehicle. Remove front and rear exhaust pipe. Remove heat shield. Remove front crossmember (if equipped). Mark drive shaft for installation reference, and remove drive shaft. Remove center drive shaft bearing.
- Plug opening at rear of extension housing. Remove select rod from transfer rail. Remove transaxle hanger bracket. Disconnect spring, gearshift rod and brace from transaxle.
- Using a pin punch, drive out each axle shaft roll pin. Remove stabilizer bar from transverse link. Remove hand brake cable bracket from transverse link (lower control arm). Remove transverse link bolt at crossmember. Separate axle shafts from transaxle.
- Remove engine-to-transaxle mounting bolts/nuts. Support transaxle with transmission jack. Remove rear cushion mounting nuts and remove rear crossmember. Separate transaxle from engine.
- Remove transaxle from vehicle. Remove pressure plate and clutch disc from flywheel. See Fig 1
. Remove release bearing, bearing holder and clutch release lever from transaxle.
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