Removing EVO 6 gearbox

[Remix]

Well the clutch in my Evo has finally died as expected.

I am going to have a crack at removing the gearbox myself this weekend, I have removed a few Nissan boxes in the past and am quite mechanically minded however I have never worked on an awd Mitsubishi! Anyhow, if anyone here has personally removed an Evo 6 gearbox - any tips or advice from you would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers :)

[Milhouse]

any luck with the swap chong ?

post up photos :) would be keen to see whats involved

[Nemi]

possibly the most difficult box removal.
expect to lose lots of skin off your fingers

what's worse is once its off you need to get it back on.

[Remix]

Well dudes... The box is out.. woo what a relief! :)

Definitely lost some skin on my hands haha, I would say getting the transfer case off was probably what pissed me off the most, that was until I realised I had to tap out those bastard output shafts. Other than that relatively smooth sailing. Quite a fair bit needs to be removed to get the box out, so it is a little bit of a time consuming job. None the less as expected my clutch was absolutely shagged - hopefully I can have it rebuilt (ATS Carbon Twin Plate). The throwout bearing was actually cracked!!

Anyhow, looking forward to having the clutch rebuilt and putting it all back together now.. *ughh!* :)

[Remix]

any luck with the swap chong ?

post up photos :) would be keen to see whats involved

Will take a few photo's tomorrow dude, after it's all done I'll write up a little step-by-step guide.

[joshg123]

How heavy are they Lyndon

[Remix]

How heavy are they Lyndon

I haven't got any scales handy mate, but I found the gearbox (without the transfer case attached) is to heavy to lift down by myself so I used a hydraulic jack under it to lower it down slowly and will reinstall it the same way along with the assistance of a mate to help align her.

[Lump]

nice work :)

[Nemi]

imo getting it all back on is twice as hard as getting it off aligning the transfer and box is a pain in the ass.

[Remix]

Ok an update, I am having a good dose of issues locating a rebuild kit for my ATS carbon twinplate. Of recent ATS have changed their name to Carbonetics and do not have an Australian supplier. I have contacted Greenline, Nengun, Jim Berry, Autoclutch, MRT and various other performance clutch centres across Australia. Still waiting on a couple replies.. fingers crossed.

Anyhow, I have considered other options such as refitting a standard autoclutch spec rebuilt single clutch and evo 6 flywheel or even buying a new ORC single plate clutch, only to realise that my gearbox has been setup to a push type clutch so my choices are rather limited. Not real keen to go back to pull type. I hear EVO 2,3 and 4 are push type though... hrmm!

Anyways, that's me for now :confused:

[Remix]

Ok bit of an update, for those that are considering installing an EVO 6 gearbox by themselves in their driveway... I don't recommend it! haha :)

What an absolute bastard of a job!! Anyhow, I ended up getting hold of a rebuild kit for the ATS twin plate (new carbon fibre clutch discs and pressure plates, along with a freshly machined flywheel), so clutch is in, gearbox installed (I used a hydraulic jack to bring it up), transfer case installed (this was probably the worst part to refit due to the awkward weight distribution and is a bitch to line up), passenger driveshaft fitted.. and the rest to be finished over the weekend! :)

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/7899/pa240008hj7.jpg

[Milhouse]

the question is, does it whip helis ?

[Remix]

the question is, does it whip helis ?

Quite possibly :)

Anyhow everything is all done and she is back on the streets! :D