mk2 golf clutch install....cant get box back on...HELP PLS

[steveo29 0]

any advise on getting the box back on( i know its not a c but i need help) its catching on the the right hand output shaft and the left hand chassis leg

 

any help please

[Henny 0]

yup, it's a sod... :?

 

are you putting it in from below? If you are, then your best bet is to pop the drivers side ball joint and pull the whole bottom of the hub/shaft/strut assembly away from the engine bay slightly. This will give you some room between the drive shafts and the diff...

The other trick is to put the box in at a angle so the diff goes in higher than it sits when mounted, then once it's cleared the chassis and drive shafts, locate the gearbox input shaft loosely into the clutch, and rotate the box so that the bolt holes line up and slot the box home... now you can line the driver's side drive shaft up and then put the ball joint back into place and tighten everything back up... 8)

 

If you're tying to put the box in from any other direction other than from below, I can't help as I've never done it, but most of the tilting and stuff above probably still applies... 8)

 

Good luck... :D

[steveo29 0]

done it now :x ....the engine needed to be real low,i took off the oil filter and droped it real low and she slid on :roll:

[20v turbo 0]

for the sake of half adozen more bolts some wireing plugs and a bit of coolant lose its easier to take the engine&box out together,it save a lot of p*ssing about on your back and its quicker,but what henny said is the best way to do it now.

[Henny 0]

for the sake of half adozen more bolts some wireing plugs and a bit of coolant lose its easier to take the engine&box out together,it save a lot of p*ssing about on your back and its quicker,but what henny said is the best way to do it now.

 

Wish I'd have known that when I had my MKII golf... :roll:

 

Shame you can't do the same on a MKI... :?

[20v turbo 0]

it takes me about 3.5 hour to take engine&box out change clutch and put it all back,but you can only do this with a engine hoist.