Rusto

Rent a transmission jack if you don't have access to one! Just changed my clutch and output shaft seals and the like and I rented a transmision jack for $23.00 on Saturday morning and it wasn't due back until Monday morning.

The jack turns the hardest part of the job into the easiest part.

The top two bolts are a pain. universal joint with two-foot exension on 3/8 inch drive did it for me.

annoyingrob

I've done several transmissions with a regular floor jack, a few jack stands, and some 2x4s.

I don't recommend it though.

83

I always do it with no jack...but it helps to have three people. Get the crossmember all but out (couple bolts left when some of their threads still in), have two people under the transmission and have the other one taking off the remaining crossmember bolts. Once they're out, I can almost garuantee you the tranny is not going anywhere. But just in case, you've go those two guys under there, and now they're going to really work it back & forth until it breaks free, then nicely lower it down, with maybe the third guy doing a little guiding.

The last time put mine back in, I had one friend lay under my truck, roll the tranny onto his chest, and bench-press it up and into the clutch...easy as hell. But he's stronger than I am and there was some luck involved since it was one poke right through the clutch, so the splines were all lined up well enough, which they aren't always.

But yeah...obviously everybody has their way of doing it, and the transmission jack makes it the easiest.

crazymudder

well i think i have all the tools for this project. ill be doing this by myself. im just going to use a floor jack and a piece of wood on top of it

83

It's not fun or easy by yourself...but it can be done.

kawazx636

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I did mine by myself before... It was easy to drop the tranny flying solo, but putting it back in was a whole different story! It entailed 2 floor jacks, a few ratchet straps, a huge rubber mallet and a box of bandaids! Had I worked out at the gym for 3 months prior to doing it then it would have been a cake walk LOL

My recommendation to those trying to do it solo and without a tranny jack would be to remove the transfer case first. At least without the t-case your tranny is much lighter, shorter and more balanced.

83

Yeah, depending on your size, strength and skill, it's pretty rough, dangerous, and maybe not even possible to do it yourself. It just depends on who you are...

I did my transfer case by myself, no jack or straps, and a couple times while trying to get it back in I had one of those "this is really stupid and unecessarily dangerous" thoughts go through my head...

crazymudder

im hopeing it wont be to bad