hi guys
im going to change the the 3 piece clutch on my v/meriva 1.4 and would like advice about several aspects
firstly it is hydrolic clutch so when the slave cylinder is disconnected im proberbly going to loose fluid, which is best way round this to reduce amount of fluid lost and reduce air intake.
the second part would be, ill be working with car on axle stands on drive way, the sub frame is likely to impede dropping the gear box to floor with little clearance between car and floor am i better off removing sub frame altogether or should gear box remain near in situ supporter on a axle stand or somert should there be clearance to shimmy it to one side??
third, at college weve only changed clutch without a gear box(engine on a stand) and only removed drive shaft from a toyota that was so loose a kid could pull it out, im under the impression on a regular car the driveshaft can be difficult to withdraw and may need tapping out with a hammer...not sure which to use copper, hyde, nylon soft hammer etc.
i beleive there is a circlip at the end of the drive shaft to prevent it falling out, will circlip pliers be needed or do they just push back in ok
last for now, which is the simplest form of bleeding the system afterwards is it simular to doing the brakes except pushing the clutch peddle or somert??
thanks
terry
im going to change the the 3 piece clutch on my v/meriva 1.4 and would like advice about several aspects
firstly it is hydrolic clutch so when the slave cylinder is disconnected im proberbly going to loose fluid, which is best way round this to reduce amount of fluid lost and reduce air intake.
the second part would be, ill be working with car on axle stands on drive way, the sub frame is likely to impede dropping the gear box to floor with little clearance between car and floor am i better off removing sub frame altogether or should gear box remain near in situ supporter on a axle stand or somert should there be clearance to shimmy it to one side??
third, at college weve only changed clutch without a gear box(engine on a stand) and only removed drive shaft from a toyota that was so loose a kid could pull it out, im under the impression on a regular car the driveshaft can be difficult to withdraw and may need tapping out with a hammer...not sure which to use copper, hyde, nylon soft hammer etc.
i beleive there is a circlip at the end of the drive shaft to prevent it falling out, will circlip pliers be needed or do they just push back in ok
last for now, which is the simplest form of bleeding the system afterwards is it simular to doing the brakes except pushing the clutch peddle or somert??
thanks
terry
