[HeWhoKillz]

Originally Posted by curtis73

Easy gents... he'll do fine. He's asking intelligent questions, providing video, and not diving in without proceeding cautiously. And besides, the rice-tastic toyota is balanced out by the 69 camaro.

The bracket and cable on the transmission is your clutch linkage, not shifter. There is nothing sophisticated about it. I think you are supposed to drill out or grind off that rivet holding it on the arm, then replace the rivet when you are reinstalling.

The power steering pump is clear at the back and uses the inner belt. Outer belt does alternator and A/C. Inner belt does water pump and PS pump. PS pump will be the furthest back pulley.

Both axles need to come out. Not sure why the book says only one side wheel. The axles are held in the hubs by bolts, and retained in the transmission by a little metal ring clip on the splined insert. The ring clip just passively rests in a groove inside. I little pry on the axle from a long screwdriver or crow bar will get it started out. What I do is just unbolt the hub assembly from the strut and let it hang out. Then you can pry the axle out of the transmission, and usually have enough room to get it out without taking the axle out of the hub. Auto Zone has axles for cheap, so it might be a good time to go ahead and swap them out if they haven't been done recently. Reinstalling the axle is the reverse. I get it started in the splines of the transmission, then rock the hub assembly up to "hammer" it back in. Take care not to pull the bearings out of the CV knuckle. Some are easy to just slide back in, others are royal pain, so try not to pull on the axle.

The transmission doesn't have to come out with the engine, but boy is it a lot easier. If your transmission has a drain plug, do that first, otherwise you'll have unpredictable oil dumping out when you remove the axles.

Now I have no idea. Two said it was the shift linkage and another says clutch linkage. However, I shall have to look in the book and see what it says on how to take about both items. The book fails to show good pictures is the problem. I have only had the car for about 2 years so I doubt the axles have ever been changed. Everything I have taken apart comes off like its never been removed. Id kind of like to change the clutch too when I get the engine and transmission out.