Toyota Celica is it defo the clutch ?

Mike Lyons

I have just got a 1995 Toyota Celica 2L import front wheel drive its been highy modifided with all the GT4 suspension but for some reason in 4th and 5th the clutch slips ! The pedal is high but it is fine going slower in lower gears ! I have basic skills and would like to do it myself how hard is it to do ? Any advice would be great

hornchurchmale

most clutch changes are best left to experts. we often need special tools and even when a drive shaft is removed cannot stop the il pouring out on floor. a garage will be best equipped to deal with it all. plus you get a guarantee.















sounds as though it is clutch. in lower gears it can be harder to apply such loading on clutch plate so w maybe notice any slight slippage.

Elliotmk2

Sounds like clutch. Doing a clutch is not easy, your looking at 3-5 hours work. You'll need a good 1/2 inch impact gun, good socket set,axle stands,ramps, spanners, clutch alignment tool and at least a haynes manual. You may be able to do it by dropping the subframe on one side to get access but the proper way to do it would be to remove the gear box, to remove the gearbox you may have to remove the engine but that's worse case scenario.































You have to put the car on the ramps, remove the gearbox linkage, then jack it up on axle stands and take off the front wheels drain the gearbox oil and unbolt the drive shafts on either side. Then unbolt the bellhousing from the engine block, some oil will remain in the gearbox and will come out when you remove the offside driveshaft. The clutch will look like it's bolted to the flywheel, you then need your impact gun to unbolt those nuts, or a tool to hold the flywheel because it will turn unless restrained somehow.































You can then service whatever parts of the clutch are knackered, that is basically the process in brief, you will possibly have to remove other things to get access to the gearbox, a lot also depends on whether or not you have a 3SGE or a 3SGTE engine. If you don't understand any of this then you probably should take it to a garage, also access will be a bitch unless you have a car lift and a gearbox jack.































Be thankful you don't have to do this to an MR2.