[JIM]

Buddy of mine has an 2000 Camaro stick shift. I assume a T5. He needs to pull the trans for a clutch change. Is this a standard removal process or does the bell have to come off with the trans as a unit? He says he has the 4 bolts out of the trans that attach it to the BH, but it is held up by some TO bearing linkage?? It think it is part hydraulic/part cable. How does the trans come out of one of these things??

 

[mwiggett]

Re: 2001 Camaro Trans question

Do not remove the trans from the bell housing. Remove with transmission. Hydraulic line had a white collar at the transmission end, this needs to be depressed before line will disconnect. As long as he is not replacing slave or master cylinder it will not have to be bled when reconnected. There is a tool that may come with the replacement clutch to release line, if not I have used an open end wrench that fits over line and push in the collar.

 

[JIM]

Re: 2001 Camaro Trans question

Hey, thanks for the reply. he sent me the pic below. I'm not sure what the (1) and (2) are. But he said the white collar slid in easily. I guess it is inside of the brass colored collar in the picture. But he says he can not get the silver braided line out of the brass connector. Looks like he had some pliers on it by the scratches. Is that where it is supposed to separate?

 

[Alan]

Re: 2001 Camaro Trans question

1 is the clutch line coming from the clutch master cylinder.
2 is the slave cylinder

There is a special tool to get that clutch line off the slave cylinder. Clutch line coupling removal tool (J 36221) in GM talk.

I used a screwdriver to carefully push the white collar in (I think pushing the clutch line IN at the same time helps). Push white collar in with screwdriver, push IN line, then pull clutch line out (while still pushing IN with screwdriver). Pliers will do nothing but damage the clutch line.

 

[JIM]

Re: 2001 Camaro Trans question

OK, I will have him try pushing the collar in at the same time he is pulling the line out to see if that helps. So the part with the (1) pointing at it (scratched up brass piece) will come out of the larger diameter brass piece? Or does the braided line with the crimped on fitting come out of that scratched up brass piece?
Thanks for the help.

 

[mwiggett]

Re: 2001 Camaro Trans question

Yes that is where it should seperate, and the scratched up piece will come out of the larger brass piece. He needs to bolt the trans back to the bell housing or he'll damage the slave cylinder as it is bolted to the transmission. Unfortunately looking at the picture it may be too far gone to get it apart, so he may have to replace the slave and the line.

 

[Alan]

Re: 2001 Camaro Trans question

So the part with the (1) pointing at it (scratched up brass piece) will come out of the larger diameter brass piece?

Correct.

The scratched brass piece extends for a few inches further into that larger diameter brass piece (the slave cylinder). The white collar is at least an inch long inside that larger diameter brass piece. White needs to pushed in all the way around the diameter. Napa has the tool for $6 or so, but try what mwiggett said about using an open ended wrench or even a crescent wrench to depress to white collar.

 

[JIM]

Re: 2001 Camaro Trans question

Thanks guys!