Timing belt, balance shaft, and clutch...your suggestions.

[drewstealth94]

I'm doing a clutch job, timing belt, and balance shaft elimination. I'm using a cherry picker to pull the engine out of the car. So in my case would it be easiest to leave the tranny in the car and just pull the engine out? Or should I drop the transmission, then pull the engine out of the car? Or lastly should I pull them both out together, then seperate when out of the car, then put back together, and dropped back in?

This is on a 92 Galant Vr4.

 

[mopardwh]

I would pull both. You would have to support the tranny somehow, plus separating them would be much easier outside the car. this also allows you to move the car up or down easier if needed.

 

[Scott_S]

Its pretty easy to do it both ways. I left the block in my car when I did it and it was a little more dificult but wasnt that hard.

 

[blackGSX2g]

I've done all of the above both ways and its waaaaay more easier when the motor is out of the car.

That being said, I'm not familiar with the available space and motor mounts under the hood of a GVR-4. In 2gs, there are 3 mounts on the tranny and 1 on the motor itself. So if you have the tranny off, in reality there is only one bolt holding your motor to your car so pulling it is a fairly easy procedure.

If you've got the means and aren't daunted by the thought of pulling your motor, I'd say go for it and make your job that much easier.

 

[GVR4592]

Yeah I would pull the engine and tranny as a unit. It's a lot easier that way.

 

[drewstealth94]

Okay, thanks guys for your responses. I'll just pull them both out. I'm not to worried about pulling the engine because my friend who is helping me has done it before on his Talon. Plus we have another DSM in the driveway to compare how everything goes back on if we forget.

 

[OnMyWayTo12Secs]

I am currently rebuilding my motor, and i pulled them out as a unit and it save ALOT of cursing and frustration!