Well after months waiting to install the final drive mod, I finally had a free weekend- then i got stuck on the 32MM bolt on the lower gear.

I couldn't get the f@cking thing off!! My impact wrench was completely useless. So i started to kick the shit out of it (much like Soulcontroller's thread about his ordeal)

I even wedged myself between the garage wall and my wrench and pushed it that way. I know I can leg press 540 lbs. at the gym pretty easily and the focker still did not budge. It seemed like I was going to break the tranny beofre that bolt came off. I must've spent an hour kicking and pushing.

So, defeated and with bruises on my back from pushing so damn hard, I had to put her back together. Everything else seemed easy enuff till I got to that bolt.

Should I go back in there next weekend? Suggestions? ;(

I used an extension to get the breaker bar away from the body. I propped the extension on a jack stand, put a 3 foot piece of pipe on the breaker bar, and stood on the end. It popped loose when I had nearly all my weight on the end of the pipe. Thats only about 465 ft-lbs of torque. It sounds like you were putting alot more torque on it than that...so who knows.

Corbin

'95 ESI-T
HRC+FMIC+ETC...



Gimme fuel...Gimme fire...Gimme that which I desire

hmmm....more leverage? I'm trying to picture your set up...do you possible have JPGS (like you normally do of everything :thumbsup)? How high do you have your car jacked up off the ground?

Thanks Corbin :bowdown

Liquid wrench for an hour, and a bigger impact wrench.

I assume you bent those locking tabs all the way down? :shrug

hey Dawg- it's wasn't the bolts that had the tabs...that's on the gear with the 1 1/2 inch bolt.

i figured my impact wrench was ghey...I'm going to try what Corbin did but I can't picture how he had everything set up.

yea, im really suprised something didnt break when i went kung fu on those bolts. persistence is key!

Damn if it's that rough would a dealer do it? I talked to a shop in my area to day that "don't mess with no mitsubishi tranny's" even though it's a chrysler.

all i have to say is 250 psi on my impact and 2 minutes later it was out, but that tranny only lasted 2000 mi. due to me over tighting the bolts :(

Overtightening the bolts?! My stock bolt probably has over 400+ lbs. of torque on it right now. I was thinking if I ever got it off, I wouldn't even worry about over torquing.

So do you still have the final drive mod on your new tranny?

How's this:



Corbin

'95 ESI-T
HRC+FMIC+ETC...



Gimme fuel...Gimme fire...Gimme that which I desire

damn! Corbin comes through again.

I can see how that would be a lot easier then what I was doing.

One more question- how long was the extension you used and did your brake caliper/rotor get in the way?

Thanks again for helping me out. :thumbsup

Danny95esi= monkey from 2001 Space Odyssey :+

Turn the wheel all the way to one side if the rotor is in the way.

250psi on an air tool!? Doesn't that... like... break them? I thought all air tools were rated at 90 or 150psi max.

Originally posted by Danny95ESI
One more question- how long was the extension you used and did your brake caliper/rotor get in the way?

I think the extension was like 1/2" X 12". It was a big one. Whatever it took to get the breaker bar away from the body. I don't recall having a problem with the brakes. I may have raised the passenger side of the car to unload the sway bar (letting both wheels drop all the way down). I don't remember too many details as this was a year ago.

Corbin

'95 ESI-T
HRC+FMIC+ETC...



Gimme fuel...Gimme fire...Gimme that which I desire

I just wanted to know if I had to remove my caliper or not- when I had my wheel turned all the way from my 1st attempt, it didn't look like much room.

sweet...I guess I need to add a longer extension to my pile of tools.

thanks guys :cheers

Well bro if I could Send my wifes Uncle to you I would :D . That man kicked mine like twice and the damn thing broke loose no problems with just a breaker bar.