Now you are at the point of giving the outside a good cleaning, cleaning the inside of the bellhousing of contaminated dirty grease which can ruin the throwout bearing, fixing that shift fork you've needed to fix, re-sealing the two halves so fluid won't leak, or installing that LSD that's been sitting under your bed collecting dust.
Pressure plate and clutch assembly ready to come out.
As you can see, there is alot to work around.
This is as high as I lifted my car. And it worked fine for transaxle removal.
145K disk
I wonder why it was slipping?
Still, not too shaby for 145K, and considering a leaking rear mains seal as well.
Flywheel ready to come out, an impact wrench is your friend on this one.
Always start with a resurfaced flywheel beforehand.
Ahhhhh, the rear main seal and pilot bearing. You'll need a slide hammer to remove the pilot bearing and should have bought an OE rear main seal before starting the clutch, they are relatively cheap at Mazda.
If you've gotten THIS FAR......It's Miller Time....who cares if it's only 10am
