Removing Voyager Gearbox

[speedtripledan]

spent the last couple of days snowed in so thought i would crack on removing the clutch on my new voyager for replacement, WHAT a nightmare!

Problem 1 no manual available so it was figure it out for yourself

problem 2 some of the car has metric bolts some of it is imperial

problem 3 the bolts were so tight in places that i struggled even with 24inch breaker bar to undo them.

problem 4 some of the bolts were very hard to get to especially when a lot of force was needed to crack them

 

I can now see why dealers etc charge so much to do this job on these, are all front wheel drive as hard to do as this ? never done a clutch before on front wheel drive.

 

The one big surprise was how light the gearbox is i was expecting it to be type 9 weight or more but it was prob half the weight of a type 9 which prob explains why the other voyager gearbox broke at 150000miles.

 

now i,ve got to do it all in reverse and see if i can get it working again ! when i can get out to buy the new clutch

 

Wish this snow would go bored of it now!!

 

 

[megadodo]

My Scenic has to have the whole engine and gearbox out as one unit to do a clutch, on the other hand my old Mark 2 Cavalier had a special tool to allow the clutch plate to be changed with the engine and gearbox still in situ. I think cars that are destined to join the "fleets" are reasonably easy to service and others are even bulit to be "dealer only" serviced delibrately! Or am I just a cynic?