'88 CRX needs new clutch

[rbpafc]

I've got 192k miles on the original clutch, slipping now on hills and accelerating, got to face the music
would prefer to do this myself - I've done some auto rebuilding, including a full teardown and rebuild of a Chevy 305 once - cuz the $500. or so clams a shop wants is right up there near the total value of the vehicle
anybody know of any links or documents that show clear step-by-step procedure?
good parts suppliers?
thanks for any feedback
Rolf
Cambridge, MA

[1990civicdxhb]

man,if you've rebuilt a motor,its no harder then that,

disconnect the neg battery cable,
raise the vehical & suppport it on jackstands,
drain the tranny lubricate,
disconnect the clutch linkage from the tranny,
detach the speedometer cable & electric connectors from the tranny,
remove the exhaust system,
remove the starter motor,
place a hydraulic jack under the tranny to support it,while removing bolts,
remove any chassis or suspension components that will interfere with tanny removal,
disconnect the driveaxels from the tranny,
remove the bolts securing the tranny to the engine,
remove the tranny mounts,
make shore all wires & hoses have been disconnected from the tranny,
then carefully pull the tranny from the engine,
once the input shaft is clear,lower the tranny & remove it from under the car,
to support the clutch disc while removing,install a clutch alignment tool through the clutch disc hub,
turning each bolt a little at a time,loosen the pressure plate-to-flywheel bolts,work in a criss cross pattern until all spring pressure is relieved,
then hold the pressure plate securly & completley remove the bolts,followed by the pressure plate & clutch disc,

(removal is the same as installaion,just make shore your use high temp lubricant to the inner grove of the release bearing & on the release lever contact areas & the tranny input shaft retainer)
good luck

sorry for the long post,
but you know how it is with these newbies!

[turtlecrxsi]

Welcome to the forum... check out this link for the whole manual http://www.binghamtonlife.com/manual/2gsm/default.htm
see clutch section here

For a decent clutch check out http://www.clutchcityonline.com/

GL

[DirtyD777]

I did mine by myself and it wasn't to hard (but the whole motor/tranny was already out) and if you want a good brand of clutch for not to much $$ I'de recommend exedy, I got a stage 1,2(?dont remember) clutch with throwout bearing and alignment tool and a new flywheel for like not much over $100 on ebay and it's been a good clutch