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4WDarren · 06-10-2009, 09:19 PM

1990 4Runner, 22RE, G58 5spd.

Currently am in the process of doing my clutch, rear main seal, etc.. Not my first time doing this job (had the tranny in my '84 pickup in and out many a time), but it's definitely been the worst removal I have experienced... and this is with all the right tools! (good tranny jack, etc..)

I can only get it to slide back about an inch and a half or so (can just see the flywheel teeth), and then it stops. I should mention that even to get the tranny to seperate this much took some good force (prying between the bellhousing and engine-transmission stiffeners). There's lots of freedom for the tranny to move up/down & fore and aft at this point, but it is obvious that something is hanging up in the center somewhere. Even with two of us pulling on the tranny, it does not budge any more.

Is it possible that the input shaft is somehow worn or siezed in the pilot bearing, preventing any further removal?

06-10-2009, 09:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
4WDarren Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: B.C., Canada Posts: 23	Transmission removal woes...input shaft siezed?! 1990 4Runner, 22RE, G58 5spd. Currently am in the process of doing my clutch, rear main seal, etc.. Not my first time doing this job (had the tranny in my '84 pickup in and out many a time), but it's definitely been the worst removal I have experienced... and this is with all the right tools! (good tranny jack, etc..) I can only get it to slide back about an inch and a half or so (can just see the flywheel teeth), and then it stops. I should mention that even to get the tranny to seperate this much took some good force (prying between the bellhousing and engine-transmission stiffeners). There's lots of freedom for the tranny to move up/down & fore and aft at this point, but it is obvious that something is hanging up in the center somewhere. Even with two of us pulling on the tranny, it does not budge any more. Is it possible that the input shaft is somehow worn or siezed in the pilot bearing, preventing any further removal? __________________ '90 Rusty 'Runner in the works I sold my Taco for this??!! Last edited by 4WDarren; 06-10-2009 at 09:27 PM.