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SteveWA

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Was supposed to pick up my new(to me) 94 Pathfinder yesterday. Made the dealer put a new clutch in it before I bought it. It won't be ready until sometime next week. Was hoping to go for a drive this weekend too. :(

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Its not a pleasent job to put a clutch into a Pathy

 

Aww, come on !! If you have decent tools, a place to work on it and don't have to drive it the next day, it's not that bad !! No, its not the easiest, but nothing to cry about. The only part that really annoys me is maybe having to have the front end aligned because of removing the T-bars.

When I had mine aligned the tech said "One side was higher than the other so I lowered the high one to make it even..." WTF !! Asked him if he noticed it was a truck with suspension lift. "Yes", "Then why the hell did you crank one down rather than the other up ? It's a 4x4, right ?" He looked pretty funny then. Sheesh, maybe he thought I wanted it lowered with spinners... :blink:

Hope you get your truck soon Steve, better not to rush them and get garbage work though...

 

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Its not a pleasent job to put a clutch into a Pathy

 

Aww, come on !! If you have decent tools, a place to work on it and don't have to drive it the next day, it's not that bad !! No, its not the easiest, but nothing to cry about. The only part that really annoys me is maybe having to have the front end aligned because of removing the T-bars.

When I had mine aligned the tech said "One side was higher than the other so I lowered the high one to make it even..." WTF !! Asked him if he noticed it was a truck with suspension lift. "Yes", "Then why the hell did you crank one down rather than the other up ? It's a 4x4, right ?" He looked pretty funny then. Sheesh, maybe he thought I wanted it lowered with spinners... :blink:

Hope you get your truck soon Steve, better not to rush them and get garbage work though...

 

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Ha Ha B. I can change the clutch without dropping the TBars. Theres a trick to it. Shame I have not got the pics anymore. I would love to show you how it is done. Cant show you anymore though now can I. No TBars. :beer:

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Never having worked on the truck before (only owned it 2 months) the clutch was the first thing I did. Just went by the manual. What is the trick for not pulling the T-bars, surely you can describe it !! ;)

 

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Never having worked on the truck before (only owned it 2 months) the clutch was the first thing I did. Just went by the manual. What is the trick for not pulling the T-bars, surely you can describe it !! ;)

 

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It's one of those things that a picture tells so well. To explain how would be messy.

It just involes packing both sides of the TBar retaining Xmember with wedges after backing the TBars off as far as you can. The Xmember will come down a fair way. Enough to slide the gear box back anyway. The gear box never has to come out either. It stays supported by the TBar Xmember and a trolley jack. :beer:

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Ok, thanks mate ! I sort of understand... But honestly, doing that is not much easier than just pulling the T-bars. Just mark things with a punch. I had time, and changed the TO bearing, the TOB collar, the spring and retaining clip, not to mention installing a remanufactured fly wheel and cleaned out the entire housing so it was much easier to have it all the way out of the way and accessable. If you are just replacing the clutch plate and pressure plate, I can see where it may save some time. :shrug:

 

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Ahh, yes, forgot about that.... :huh:

You have officially been relegated to the "when we have nothing else to do' list. I hate places like that ! Something to remember for the future. Don't go there for service, they are obviously only interested in profit.

 

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When I replaced my clutch, I too was able to do it without removing the T-Bars.  I did unbolt the X-Member (supported by blocks) but did not have to remove the bars.

Easier isn't it! :bow:

I have never replaced a clutch and removed the TBars, so I can't really speak from experience. But, what I can say is that I disassembled less and had less to reassemble in the end :D

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