Pulling Transmission(282)

[Bake82]

Hey guys,

 

Might be pulling a transmission very soon. Wondering what special tools I'm gonna need. Besides the cherry picker ofcourse.

 

 

 

Thanks,

Kyle

[mihela816]

A good set of metric wrenches and ratchets, that's pretty much it. You are planning on pulling it out the bottom, right?

[Bake82]

Out the top I think is the easiet way. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[mihela816]

If the engine stays in the car, it is difficult, but thats with the auto.

[Guest TurboSedan]

Out the top I think is the easiet way. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

i agree. pull the hood off and then pull the engine and tranny out together.

[Canada]

I'm a fan of doing the least amount of disconnecting as possible.........just think of all the systems that can stay bolted together!

[brianteel]

well if it is a junk car i found the best way is to get a goo set of cutters, 15mm, 13mm and a hoist. cut all hoses and wires.....13mm for the upper mounts, 15mm for the lower and the hoist to pull it

[Bake82]

 

needed a pad and paper for the hour(s) we spoke on MSN about this???

 

 

 

I was just double checking and at the time I posted this, I wasn't really thinking all that straight.... :oops:

[Calvin]

I just pulled a couple of trans, one was a W 282.

 

The absolute easiest way if it's a junk car is to jack the body up as high as possible, disconnect the tops of the struts, take off the wheels, unhook the steering u-joint, unhook the rad hoses, fuel lines, etc, remove anything else that I am forgetting that goes body to cradle, pull the two nuts off the trans mount, pull the dogbones, and take out the bellhousing and intermediate shaft support bolts.

 

Then, drop the cradle. Just let everything fall. Cut the inner CV boots all the way around. Grab the strut on the drivers side and pull it and the knuckle back far enough to pull the tripot out of the joint. Then have someone stick a long prybar in the engine lift eye from the passenger side and pry back on it to take the load off of the driver's (trans) side. Then since you just cut the inner CV boots, just pull the trans, leaving the inner axle ends inserted so it doesn't get contaminated (critical since the diff bearings are the biggest weakness in a 282), or drench you in a trans fluid bath. I have no qualms about popping old axles apart. I have found so many shitty axles that have been rebooted when they really needed a new outer joint, or that have failed or had the boots split right after a swap, that anymore when an axle comes out that I don't know the history of, a new axle goes back in. I am sick of doing that job twice. If it is an axle like a five-speed that is rare in nature, you can always pull the axles and insert inner ends from an already destroyed axle.

 

Kurt

[Calvin]

I just pulled a couple of trans, one was a W 282.

 

The absolute easiest way if it's a junk car is to jack the body up as high as possible, disconnect the tops of the struts, take off the wheels, unhook the steering u-joint, unhook the rad hoses, fuel lines, etc, remove anything else that I am forgetting that goes body to cradle, pull the two nuts off the trans mount, pull the dogbones, and take out the bellhousing and intermediate shaft support bolts.

 

Then, drop the cradle. Just let everything fall. Cut the inner CV boots all the way around. Grab the strut on the drivers side and pull it and the knuckle back far enough to pull the tripot out of the joint. Then have someone stick a long prybar in the engine lift eye from the passenger side and pry back on it to take the load off of the driver's (trans) side. Then since you just cut the inner CV boots, just pull the trans, leaving the inner axle ends inserted so it doesn't get contaminated (critical since the diff bearings are the biggest weakness in a 282), or drench you in a trans fluid bath. I have no qualms about popping old axles apart. I have found so many shitty axles that have been rebooted when they really needed a new outer joint, or that have failed or had the boots split right after a swap, that anymore when an axle comes out that I don't know the history of, a new axle goes back in. I am sick of doing that job twice. If it is an axle like a five-speed that is rare in nature, you can always pull the axles and insert inner ends from an already destroyed axle.

 

Kurt