sarjxxx
Junior Member
Trying to swap the clutch in my brother's 2013, we've successfully gotten everything out of the way to get the trans disconnected from the motor, but it just won't budge. We removed 4 bolts from the driver side running from the bellhousing into the block, including the one at the top of motor; as well as 2 bolts on the pass side running from the block side into the bellhousing, and of course the starter bolts. I've searched and searched and can't seem to find any other bolts holding this thing in, and I'm pretty sure it's just the positioning dowels holding it in. The problem is I can't get it disconnected for anything. All I've managed to be able to do towards progress is get it to show about 1/16" of separation at the bottom when prying on it but it closes right back when you let off the pressure. We've been working so hard prying and shaking it I'm nearly worried about knocking it off the jack stands...
Everything else of course has been removed too - drive shaft is out, shifter is dropped, and crossmember is out. The only thing I didn't remove was the X-pipe, since as far as I can tell, with the lower O2 sensors removed, it won't be in the way of removing the trans once it's loose and I DO NOT feel like fighting those cursed manifold-to-downpipe flange bolts {studs}.
Does anyone know if I'm missing a bolt somewhere, or any helpful tricks to pry the thing loose? I've spent over 2 hours just trying to pry the trans loose from the block, feels like we've got to be missing something
Also, side note; Does anyone know why seemingly no vendor carries stock replacement for 3.7 flywheel? The only one I can find anywhere is the Spec aluminum one. Not even my dealer could come up with one, and nobody seems to be able to order one in either. I guess we're just going to end up getting the original resurfaced since we're just replacing the stock clutch anyway, but just seems stange that no one carries the OEM replacement for a <10yr old car
Everything else of course has been removed too - drive shaft is out, shifter is dropped, and crossmember is out. The only thing I didn't remove was the X-pipe, since as far as I can tell, with the lower O2 sensors removed, it won't be in the way of removing the trans once it's loose and I DO NOT feel like fighting those cursed manifold-to-downpipe flange bolts {studs}.
Does anyone know if I'm missing a bolt somewhere, or any helpful tricks to pry the thing loose? I've spent over 2 hours just trying to pry the trans loose from the block, feels like we've got to be missing something
Also, side note; Does anyone know why seemingly no vendor carries stock replacement for 3.7 flywheel? The only one I can find anywhere is the Spec aluminum one. Not even my dealer could come up with one, and nobody seems to be able to order one in either. I guess we're just going to end up getting the original resurfaced since we're just replacing the stock clutch anyway, but just seems stange that no one carries the OEM replacement for a <10yr old car
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