Suzuki Club UK

Can do it with the gearbox in, just gotta slide it back.

Its an easy side of the road job

Just to clarify Jordi, which way round does the clutch go in? I can never remember and wouldnt want the ridicule of getting it wrong....

The flatter side of the clutch faces the flywheel... as it doesn't really fit the other way around

Ok, done the swap, i had to remove a bracket on the exhaustpipe and after that the gearbox went enough backwards so that i managed to swap the clutch disc and reinstall the clutch pakage back with a aligment tool.

If i`d been slightly wiser i`d would have drained the gearbox beforehand, the slipyoke fell off as i was removing the gearbox and started to drip oil on me

hahah thats a common occurence... there always have to be some oil involved
Trick is to tilt it forwards so it can't leak out!

twiss wrote:Trick is to tilt it forwards so it can't leak out!

I agree you on that, had the cars front tires on blocks and the rear tires on ground
Never the less, a valuable lesson was learned

When me and andyrew took a vitara engine out, I ended up covered in coolant and he ended up covered in transmission fluid!
The coolant sounds like the preferred option but he didn't have to drive 100+ miles home covered in it

(with an engine and gearbox wobbling about in the back i might add)