Junkies 97 RS Rebuild(1st timer!)

[SilvrEclipse]

Yea you will know when you pull the rod caps off. You may just be able to replace one of them, just have to wait to see the damage on the inside before you will know

[david-b]

$350 on bearings? I got good ones and paid $85 for the whole set

[boostjunkie333]

No no...350 for a set of rods lol

[boostjunkie333]

Ok, I got the engine out. F*ck man...lol

Now, I will spend tom. cleaning up and getting everything well organized in my work space fromt he mess I made today, and thursday I suppose I will begin tearing the engine down. I gotta admit it all looks really intimidating now..

So, when I went to hoist the engine out, I noticed the trans was still connected and wasnt coming off. So I got underneath and pulled out the flywheel bolts and the engine slid right out easily. Was this what I was supposed to do?

Pictures of my adventure up tom. when im well rested.

Oh, and thanks silver, big help!

[boostjunkie333]

[boostjunkie333]

[boostjunkie333]

[SilvrEclipse]

Your still running a modular clutch, yea that was fine to take it off that way. Glad to see you got it out. Getting it back it is probably twice as hard.

[boostjunkie333]

I'm sure it is.

Question...when I get ready to put it back in, do I do so with the clutch bolted to the flywheel? or do I stick the clutch into the trans and just bolt the flywheel back to it when the engine is back in?

Also, the TOB I noticed just slides right off, so when it goes back on, you just slide it right back on and thats it?

[david-b]

Originally Posted by boostjunkie333

I'm sure it is.

Question...when I get ready to put it back in, do I do so with the clutch bolted to the flywheel? or do I stick the clutch into the trans and just bolt the flywheel back to it when the engine is back in?

Also, the TOB I noticed just slides right off, so when it goes back on, you just slide it right back on and thats it?

TOB is loose. Just make sure it clips on the clutch fork.

I don't know how you got that off with the motor still connected. Weird. It has to be torqued on the crank so you need to get it on before the motor goes in.

[boostjunkie333]

I'm just as surprised as you are, lol. So, bolt up the clutch before insertion? Ok, I just got the flywheel off and boy was that fun. Took three of us(I don't have any air tools or anything that make it easy). So I hope the rest of the bolts that come out of this thing are more friendly. Im going to start the tear down process tom. and i'll put up some more photos. This is really fun btw.

[SilvrEclipse]

Actually the modular clutches are made to be taken off like that, its so you can change clutches without pulling the motor or the tranny, you can just break them apart and slid another clutch in. What you unbolted was a flex plate, not the flywheel. You can put it together either way, which ever is easier for you.

[boostjunkie333]

Wait...the big disc with 8 bolts holding it on, and like 70 some odd teeth, wasnt the flywheel? Then wheres the flywheel? Sry that just confused me

[SilvrEclipse]

Thats the flex plate, kinda like auto tranny has a flex plate that bolts to the torque convereter. Its because of the modular clutch setup, the flywheel is what bolts to the flex plate

[boostjunkie333]

Ok, ill figure it out next time I look at it lol. I dont understand, so the big disc I took off was the flex plate? And the flywheel is where now? Bc I dont see it...is it inside the block or something? lol

I took the intake off, and also the mount that was attached to the block. Tom night I will take the vc and head off, and get the block onto the stand.

As for the timing belt, water pump, and pulleys, is this ok?

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