Panoz Esperante GTS, Инструкция по эксплуатации

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Clutch/Bellhousing Removal
ALWAYS WEAR SAFETY GLASSES WHEN REMOVING/
INSTALLING COMPONENTS UNDER THE VEHICLE
There are a couple of ways to remove the transmission.
One is from the underside of the vehicle, the other is to
remove it from inside the passenger compartment.This
procedure describes the latter.
1. Properly lift and support the front and rear of the
car for clearance to all underside components.
2. Disconnect the negative (-) cable from the battery.
The battery can be easily accessed by removing
the right rear wheel
3. Once the vehicle is securely supported, remove
switch panel. Make sure the shifter is in the neu-
tral position. Remove two 1/2” bolts from remote
shifter linkage
4. Remove the transmission tunnel.
5. Drain transmission fluid and properly discard the
used fluid.
6. Remove four 1/2” universal joint u-bolt nuts. Slide
driveshaft back out of transmission and put it to
the side.
7. If you have an internal slave cylinder, remove
hydraulic line at the bell housing.
8. If you have an external clutch slave, remove the
jam nuts from the end of the slave, at the clutch
fork.
9. Remove two 5/8” bolts where the transmission
mounts to the cross member.
10. Loosen four 5/8” bolts that hold transmission to bell
housing. Do not remove them as they will hold the
transmission in place so you can brace it. Take the
transmission jack and properly place it under the
transmission and slowly raise the jack to support
the transmission, do not put a lot of pressure on
the transmission, just enough to support it. If you
do not have a transmission jack, then have your
partner get in the passenger side of the car and
slowly remove all four bolts, have you or your part-
ner hold up the rear of the trans. When all bolts are
removed, work together to slowly pull the transmis-
sion out of the bell housing. Have the person in the
car set the transmission on the floor of the car.
11. Unbolt the starter on the lower right side of the
bell housing (as you are facing the front of the
car underneath). Remove the two 9/16” bolts
holding the starter to the bell housing. Swing the
starter out of the way and support it sufficiently.
12. Remove six 5/8” bolts that hold bell housing to
block, starting from the bottom to the top. If you
are switching from an internal to external clutch-
slave, do the follow steps 13-14 otherwise go to
step 15 for internal slave removal.
13. Enlarge hole in the cast tab in front of clutch fork
opening to 7/8” to provide clearance for the slave
cylinder rod.
14. Install adjustable pivot ball to existing threaded
boss inside the bell housing. Set the pivot ball
to 1 9/16” from the TOP of the boss (not the bell
housing surface) to the top of the ball. Any setting
greater than 1 9/16 may cause hard contact
between the clutch fork and the chassis firewall
down tube.
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