how many hours does it take to change a clutch in a 1998 cavalier z24 2.4 l
When I did mine in august it took me 3 1/2 hours. That included changing the flywheel insert (aluminum flywheel). It will take longer because you will have to send your flywheel out to get machined unless you have are putting a new one on.
Is it a stock car? I don't see why you would have to machine or replace your flywheel, unless it's damaged.
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Why would you NOT machine it? Your going to tell me there are no hotspots and it is still perfectly flat after 14 years of driving?
Oedwards wrote:Is it a stock car? I don't see why you would have to machine or replace your flywheel, unless it's damaged.
because a new stock flywheel is $50. that cost outweighs the cost of machining and the downtime involved with it. and there's no way in hell that a flywheel that's been used that long isn't hurt.
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the clutch takes 25 minutes at the most.
getting the transmission out and in is the hard part.. depends on how good you are at doing that.
getting them out is always easier for me... putting the trans back in is a bit harder (fighting gravity).
DaFlyinSkwirl (Pj) v2.0 wrote:the clutch takes 25 minutes at the most.
getting the transmission out and in is the hard part.. depends on how good you are at doing that.
getting them out is always easier for me... putting the trans back in is a bit harder (fighting gravity).
with air tools I can get it out in roughly 20-30, putting it in is the trouble when I'm working alone.
JUCNBST wrote:DaFlyinSkwirl (Pj) v2.0 wrote:the clutch takes 25 minutes at the most.
getting the transmission out and in is the hard part.. depends on how good you are at doing that.
getting them out is always easier for me... putting the trans back in is a bit harder (fighting gravity).
with air tools I can get it out in roughly 20-30, putting it in is the trouble when I'm working alone.
so drain fluid, pull wheels, pull axle nuts, pop the axles out, and un do all the idioticly hidden bolts, as well as remove the pain in the ass rear transmission mount?
I'd pay to see this.
In the skwirl it took me an hour, and the car is way easier to work on then a regular jbody because its missing half the crap thats in the way.
The Isuzu is very easy to pull and put back in. If you know what you are doing and have everything there and ready to go its a very quick job.
The Isuzu can be lifted in and all bolts tightened down in about 10 minutes. I think my record for dropping a Getrag is 20 minutes to it being on the ground. I did just pry it off with a prybar and let it drop though..
PJ- I normally start with the car in the air on stands already, and with my tools laid out in the garage on my bench ( i have multiple sockets in the sizes I use and helps alot ). I normally start on the dr side first. I'd remove the axle nut, then remove the tire, swaybar link, strut to knuckle bolts, and tie rod, and brake caliper, then put my body weight on the steering knuckle and use a small pry bar to pop the axle out as I pull down on the lca. Then pop the axle out of the trans and let the fluid drain.
Then I'd remove the shift cables (clips broken) and I have 3 extensions I tape together so they don't come apart when I remove the 3 bolts on the rear mount. I remove the bolts accessable from the top dr. side of the engine bay then move over to the pass. repeat the tear down on the other side and add removal of the lower engine mount. then pull the bolts out of the back side of the trans and wiring harness. Then I use a peice of wood to support the oil pan with a jack to lowwer the pitch of the engine/tans. Remove the front trans mount, lowwer the trans slightly, then manhandle trans out. I will admit the PJ subframe mod has made a huge difference in getting the trans in and out. Putting it all back together could be 2-4 hours as I tend to move slowly on reassembly because I don't want to over look anything.
Hope this gives you a slightly better Idea on how I do it. Though some will argue that putting the car up first is cheating..but oh well. I know I've had f23's out roughly 6-8 times between my cav's and helping with clutches on other's cars. I'm sure you can tear into your car rather quickly as well. If I missed anything I'm sorry I've not gone to bed yet and am tired.
