Doing 1st Miata Clutch All wwas well until I got to the bell housing
 

Everything was easy until I got to the bell housing. I started with the 14mm on the starter, and it won't budge I have a 14mm on the other side, and I'm using huge breaker bar on the other side. Any suggestions I need to get this done before the weekend if possible.

Oh, I hadn't used any liquid wrench when I first tried, but I soaked all of the bolts at 6pm before I left for class today.

soak it then have at it. what other advice is there?

When I'm having trouble getting a nut off, I usually just ask my boyfriend to help :giggle:

Seriously though: 1. pull harder and 2. make sure you're going counter-clockwise.

1st. I hope your a girl, a girl with a 200plus hp miata, because thats just Rad!

I am spinning counter clock wise, but the universal unit adapter I'm using has confused me before.

Sounds like thats about it.

You might try putting the wrench on the transmission side and the breaker bar on the engine side, stick it out the wheel well, then put a cheater bar (jack handle usually works for me) on your breaker bar. If that fails, it's time for an impact wrench.

I'll give this a try in the morning, I'm a little worried though if this is the first one, I'm a bit screwed, I don't have a compressor or air tools. Although I can try the handle of my hi-lift jack like I did for the axle nuts.

Make sure you remove that coolant temp sensor, because if you don't when your engine rocks back, its gonna break. Then the part is 30 bucks from autozone.

What coolant temp sensor and what rocking back and forth?

A small hammer can create enough vibration sometimes to help a bolt come free. Some other times a bigger hammer and punch is needed. I have gotten loose lugs on semi wheels after hitting them with a sledge hammer a few times that a 1" impact could not budge before hitting them.

use anti-seize when you put stuff back together.

or get lazy and leave off 1 or two like i do.

Or use impact wrench and don't have any issues with bolts.

PB Blaster works miracles.

I saw a test once where they listed the ft-lbs of torque required to loosen a stuck bolt treated with different stuff like PB, Liquid Wrench, WD-40, and untreated.

Untreated was over 1000ft-lbs, while the treated ones were 25-50% of this.

Definitely drill holes in the transmission

You may want to just stop being a pussy

just an idea

I bought an electric impact for that sort of stuff.... its the best 50 bucks I ever spent

PB Blaster... /thread.

I stopped being a pussy and hit the gym.

Best 30/month I ever spent:giggle:

You should be able to get those bolts off with a 1/2 drive socket and driver...

I still recommend the impact... its a lot faster then moving a driver back and forth.

unless your 18psi of course