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2003 Vibe 5 Speed. Need to remove and try to rebuild Gearbox. Need a breakdown on how to remove box from car. Do I need to remove the entire unit or can I just remove the Gearbox???? Schematic would be nice and a little advice. I have the car on jack stands, removed almost all components from car. Yes going install new Clutch kit also.

Remove airbox, battery axles, you can get at all bolts/mounts

Pull tranny

Swap to 6 speed from xrs/GT....forget a rebuild

WOW barber you are good! Thanks for your help........

mango02 wrote:WOW barber you are good! Thanks for your help........

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That link to the clutch replacement document ROCKS. Thanks!

I'm afraid I may doing what the OP indicated -- remove the transmission to repair it. My son's '04 is making very bad signs of the dreaded transmission bearing failure.

Has anyone every opened up a Vibe transmission? Does anyone know WHICH bearing it is? I've replaced a single bearing in a transmission twice before (a 86 Mazda pickup and a 94 Civic hatch), so the work is well within my ability. In the case of the Civic, I knew which bearing it was before I started the job (input shaft bearing), so I actually had the parts on hand when I started -- making it go much faster.

Also, at 120K miles, should we do the clutch? I did the clutch when I did the Civic at 185K -- but the original clutch was still in great shape and really didn't need it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Harry

sailingharry wrote:That link to the clutch replacement document ROCKS. Thanks!

I'm afraid I may doing what the OP indicated -- remove the transmission to repair it. My son's '04 is making very bad signs of the dreaded transmission bearing failure.

Has anyone every opened up a Vibe transmission? Does anyone know WHICH bearing it is? I've replaced a single bearing in a transmission twice before (a 86 Mazda pickup and a 94 Civic hatch), so the work is well within my ability. In the case of the Civic, I knew which bearing it was before I started the job (input shaft bearing), so I actually had the parts on hand when I started -- making it go much faster.

Also, at 120K miles, should we do the clutch? I did the clutch when I did the Civic at 185K -- but the original clutch was still in great shape and really didn't need it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Harry

if you care at all about performance, id get a new clutch and a lightweight flywheel.

for the headache of opening the transmission, you're still better off to find a c60 6speed and just swap it in