I was sold my Camaro with a "warped clutchplate", but less than 20 miles on it, my clutch goes out. I buy a new clutch and flywheel, but never have had experience with transmissions, especailly manual transmissions. I'm following my Chilton manual and I have hit a major stalling point. I have dropped my tranny and now am trying to remove the bellhousing. The manual says to disconnect the fork pushrod, which I assume is the rod connecting the clutchfork to the pedal. I just cant get it off, and these diagrams suck (should have gotten a Haynes -_-).

So my question is, how does this get removed? There is a nut in the middle of the rod, though when I unscrew it, it loosens nothing. I was going to just remove the bellhousing and then take off the pushrod, but the rod is in the way.

Thanks

(BTW 350 Sag-4spd)

 

That nut is a locking nut only. Break the nut loose, then turn the rod in CW to shorten it, and it will get loose.

 

Thanks a lot!

Pushrod has been disconnected from the fork. It took me about 5 hours to drop the transmission, but I have been under my car for another two, trying to remove ONE bolt on the bellhousing. Is there any secret method to removing the 5 bolts? It seems like I can't get a damn wrench/socket on the top 3 bolts, and the bottom two, I just don't have clearance to turn. Once I get it off, I hopefully can finish changing the clutch in one weekend. Bummed out without a car, otherwise :C.

Thanks again!

 

A wrench from the top, on the top PS bolt. Or a long extension from the floor on your back with a swivel on the end. Not hard really. Oh yeah there are 6 bolts.

 

sounds right

 

Yeah, I never said it was hard, just that I was hung up. I had removed one bolt, but couldn't get the other five. But Thanks for the info about getting the top bolts from the engine compartment. And I do not have a swivel, and am broke (senior year of college), but will keep that in mind.