Begle1
Active member
I have a 2000 Jetta TDI 5 speed.
I'm trying to replace the clutch.
Following the online directions I can find was no problem until I went to pull the transmission back from the engine and I hit the driver's side axle shaft. I couldn't move the shaft out of the way nearly enough.
All the directions I could find talked about "tying the axles out of the way" or "setting them on buckets" so they didn't over-flex. To get mine out of the way I had to disconnect the lower control arm and flop the whole strut over...
Then I could pull the transmission away from the engine, and I hit frame. I hit frame in a couple places. It took over an hour of wrestling with it, moving the engine up and down, probably torquing the hell out of the main and crank shafts to finally rotate it up and around enough to drop it down. That was with two guys and a tranny jack...
So when I put my new stuff in tomorrow, I'm thinking I have to drop the engine six to ten inches to get everything aligned and slid together and jack it all up together. Am I missing something?
I don't know what I could be missing, but I can't say I've ever changed a clutch on a front wheel drive before either.
I'm trying to replace the clutch.
Following the online directions I can find was no problem until I went to pull the transmission back from the engine and I hit the driver's side axle shaft. I couldn't move the shaft out of the way nearly enough.
All the directions I could find talked about "tying the axles out of the way" or "setting them on buckets" so they didn't over-flex. To get mine out of the way I had to disconnect the lower control arm and flop the whole strut over...
Then I could pull the transmission away from the engine, and I hit frame. I hit frame in a couple places. It took over an hour of wrestling with it, moving the engine up and down, probably torquing the hell out of the main and crank shafts to finally rotate it up and around enough to drop it down. That was with two guys and a tranny jack...
So when I put my new stuff in tomorrow, I'm thinking I have to drop the engine six to ten inches to get everything aligned and slid together and jack it all up together. Am I missing something?
I don't know what I could be missing, but I can't say I've ever changed a clutch on a front wheel drive before either.