Ever have your transmission crack??? Here's a new one...

camarok · 11-01-2006, 04:57 AM

Well... I had had a trans leak for a few weeks, nothing major nothing really leaving a puddle, then one day it decided to leave it's mark.

low and behold yes I took it to Nissan, who then decided to tell that it was beyond repair and it couldn't be driven home, they asked me what I wanted them to do...

"well put it back together I'll think about it and come back in a few days"
can't be driven my @$$

apparently I needed new seals on the trans, both passenger and drivers side, and a cltuch... but that didn't really make sense because that's not where it was all coming from....

Well I decicded to order the parts and I decided to get a new clutch, bought an ebay XTD "stage 3" 6 puck, and went from there.

Well I felt that paying $1500+ at the dealer to fix this was a little OUTRAGOUS! so I took a few weeks and did it myself ( I didn't have a lot of time to work on it :P )

Got everything apart and found this first.

I was wondering WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED!? So I took back the trans a bit and found out what it looked like...

WTF I was thinking... Well nothing is making sense at this point, so after taking the pressure plate off I find this

well 2 spings decided to SPRING around my bellhousing... but where did the oil come from??? Hmmm.... Oh wait! I know!!!

Hmm... flying spings... well they must have gotten cought and flown around and sratched and dented their way around QUITE A BIT.

SO instead of doing probably the smart thing and get a new bell housing... we did this..

Yes that's right friends... JB Weld.... Not proud but damn it that's all I could think of... Now I made best sure to not get any to fall inside the case, I would have done it with them apart but we ran into another problem taking off the trans end cap.

Yup, bolt snapped off... so I torqued everything back to spec and I hope that It won't leak! *sigh*

well all in all considering this was the first clutch I ever did, it was a learning experince and I did alot of reading around here, very good info and I came back here alot!

here's the new stuff...

I hope some of you got a laugh, some maybe disgusted, others I don't know i'm getting tired and can't think of any other relating emotions... but I put it back together and just gotta wait 490 miles till I can see what its made of!

Bjartmar · 11-01-2006, 05:17 AM

What is that grey thing you are putting on the tranny?

A little Off-Topic maybey...
Looking at your clutch it made me think of my old one.
I just did a swap and didn't replace the clutch cause the disk looked good, and drove few kilometers, and suddenly, the clutch was getting very wierd. I tried to tight up the clutch and it worked better. And suddenly it stopped working.

When I pulled the gearbox off, this lay before:
http://www.mbanki.is/data/1195/846Onyt-kupling2-med.JPG
Just went this way cause of daily driving. I drove like my granny!
If you belive me, you are the first.

But this is the truth!

camarok · 11-01-2006, 05:39 AM

man I belive ya... cheep stuff just doesn't hold up... wait a minute! I BOUGHT A CHEEP CLUTCHSET! Well we'll see if it holds up...

BTW JB Weld.... it's in the post..

Jaketips42 · 11-01-2006, 07:01 AM

Wow, thats a new one. Probably would have had it welded though. But Hey jb WELD would suffice, lol. As long as the surface was burred and cleaned very well. Good luck with clutch #2!

BORNGEARHEAD · 11-01-2006, 07:10 AM

that's exactly what I would have done on my own car.

camarok · 11-01-2006, 03:12 PM

yeah I super cleaned it and burred it up nice and neat

but man, I was so confused on where that oil was coming from at first!

SR20 91 SE-R · 11-01-2006, 03:19 PM

are the dial pins on the flywheel? that happended to one of my trannys. the idiot who resurfaced my flywheel didnt put them back on and i didnt notice when i reinstalled it. the clutch moved around hitting THAT SAME SPOT on the tranny.

420sxDET · 11-01-2006, 03:20 PM

The Jb weld is going to keep it from leaking ofr now, but its not going to stop the crack

Jaketips42 · 11-01-2006, 06:08 PM

The crack shouldn't travel. But it may, due to the fact some stress is distributed there from the diff.

FarmBoss · 11-01-2006, 06:32 PM

JB Weld is race spec, right?

SuperblkStalion · 11-01-2006, 06:52 PM

thats why i have always used unsprung clutches in my cars. i have seen this happen way too many times to other people in person.

zerosin · 11-02-2006, 11:14 AM

You should drill a hole at each end of the crack. That will keep it from growing.

420sxDET · 11-02-2006, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zerosin

You should drill a hole at each end of the crack. That will keep it from growing.

Yeup

camarok · 11-03-2006, 04:16 AM

good call guys

wes · 11-03-2006, 09:29 AM

We had a similar situation happen on James car. We used a non OEM hex bolt when installing a clutch as we were in a jam. We used a lock washer, torqued it to spec and everything. It decided to make it's way out and rattle around inside the bell housing, that is until the ring gear smashed it in to the side of the tranny. Ours broke through and ruined the plastic speedo gear on the final drive though, that sucked!

EVLNXR · 11-22-2006, 03:23 AM

Check this for a BANG!

http://www.nissanz.net.nz/phpBB2/vie...718&highlight=

camarok · 11-22-2006, 05:23 AM

uhhh..... gotta be a member...

Kieron · 11-22-2006, 06:06 AM

ouch...the gtir does them beyond repair

Hammerin Hank · 11-22-2006, 06:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kieron

ouch...the gtir does them beyond repair

Holy beegeebees.....

camarok · 11-22-2006, 07:06 AM

oh. my. I also second the

and the

this kind of reminds me of that vid with the kids in the DSM racing the green M3.... anyone know that vid...