how the hell do I remove this?

[nando]

I'm pretty sure there's no way its simply a slide in or out type of a deal . There would be no reason for it to stay in when driving for thousands of miles. Did you try pushing from both ends?

it's held in place by a c-clip. don't think it matters which way it goes in.

[SkinnyVT]

I'm pretty sure there's no way its simply a slide in or out type of a deal . There would be no reason for it to stay in when driving for thousands of miles. Did you try pushing from both ends?

There is a clip that goes around the recessed area covering the pin. The pin is not tapered.

You could always take some heat to it (use some scrap sheet metal to protect anything flamable). I unbolted the driveshaft from the tranny and dropped the center support bearing to get some more room for my hands.

[otgixxer]

We used a hammer and punch

[OrganicMechanic]

take it out and put it on a bench

[HardTech]

yeah, it's stuck. I banged on it with a hammer and a long file (perfect size to remove the pin), and it didn't move at all.

I removed the shifter console as well to get some more room, but it didn't help :(

[e30slut]

it should only come out from the bottom... You prolly fucked it up....
bellow it should be a lil clip holdin it in

[HardTech]

it should only come out from the bottom... You prolly fucked it up....
bellow it should be a lil clip holdin it in

if by bottom you mean under the transmission, that's what I've been trying to do. The little clip has been pushed up out of the way.

[e30slut]

looking at the transmission from the bottom, the pin should come out towards you. basicly it should be pushed from the top....

try to remove that pin. if you jammed it up there you might need to drill it out.

[HardTech]

looking at the transmission from the bottom, the pin should come out towards you. basicly it should be pushed from the top....

try to remove that pin. if you jammed it up there you might need to drill it out.

aw shit

I tried pushing from the top, but it wouldn't come down anyway

[e30slut]

lol...

drill it out and buy a new one...

[Tree18is]

mine required the tranny to be dropped..... it was a fuckn joke and I wanted to kick babys

[HardTech]

lol...

drill it out and buy a new one...

well, I just checked and it's not completely stuck. I can push it either direction with my finger, but it only moves about half a millimeter.

The remaining part of the vibration damper is in the way, so I can't get a good angle on it either :(

[e30slut]

drill.....

[e30slut]

my guess is you compressed the metal and it's widened so now you gotta bore the bottom hole out...


why are you taking it off anyway?

[HardTech]

my guess is you compressed the metal and it's widened so now you gotta bore the bottom hole out...


why are you taking it off anyway?

that bushing has a lot of slop in it, and I have a brand new one to replace it