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Well It has been a while for me (not long enough) but I am still considering removing the gearbox (again) in my Liberty to facilitate replacing the clutch (AWD box).

It will be a backyard job of course so I have no hoist (car or engine), no block & tackle and no transmission jack.

For those who have done it either way or both, your opinions will be appreciated.

For those who have done the engine option, can two average people lift an EJ22 out of the bay without too many hassles?

What do you reckon?

If you haven't got lifting gear, drop the box.
Yeah two people will lift an Ej, but trying to wiggle it around to line up the clutch is not going to be fun.
Daza.

Drop the gearbox, so much easier, especialy if you have a hoist like i have access too lol

If you have an hoist - so much easier is to remove the engine & gearbox at the same time.
If you don't have access to the hoist, then remove the gearbox from under the car while on stands (up-to 600mm high would be good enough) and make yourself an gearbox tray/jack that would be able to remove gearbox.
I've done this on Subaru AWD twice, manual VN Commodore (removed engine & transmission at same time) Toyota Corona (under the car) Holden Camira (funny that you dont need to remove gearbox/engine as it has special shaft that enables to to change clutch)

If I was gonna do clutch job - I'd remove engine & gearbox at the same time - quicker and saves time.

Cheers
AP

yer i would drop the box of a lib no loss of coolant, engine oil and u dont need liftin gear either


tristan

Engine out is way easier. Hire an engine lifter if you don't have one. They cost about $35 a day. You could have the job done in about an hour and a half to two hours.

You don't even have to take every thing off the motor. Just take the radiator out, lift the motor and slide it forwards. You can get about 5-6 inches of room which is enough to remove/refit the clutch and get a clutch aligner in there.

90brumby wrote:yer i would drop the box of a lib no loss of coolant, engine oil...

tristan

I would hope there was no loss of engine oil if I went the motor option anyway?

oh woops yer so would i

I did the gearbox again. Not a fun job though didn't break anything or have any significant injuries. Again wish I had done the motor. Maybe next time.

Please feel free to continue to vote in the poll.

Seems I am the only one that thinks removing the engine is the best/quickest/easiest way. All you people that voted for gearbox must be young and thin or have access to a hoist.

remove engine - good opportunity to check things etc too

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