Tomorrow night my buddy and I are changing the clutch in his 22re pickup. It is getting cold and snowy here so we squirreled our way into a heated shop that has hoists (The Luxury)! We will have the truck in the air and unbolting the transmission. My question is can we do the job without a transmission jack? I donÆt think that this shop has a tall enough transmission jack to support it while we move the transmission out of the way. Does anybody have experience related to this predicament that could chime in and help us out? I am not sure about myself but my friend has some pretty big pipes, maybe in a pinch we could do it the olÆ fashioned way with the truck on the shop floor.

I recently just replaced the clutch in my 90 toyota truck when I dropped my tranny I used a couple floor jacks and some woodden blocks to support the tranny then lowered it down. The problem I have is getting my truck to go into gear and shifting i think it might be my slave cylinder cause the rubber boot is full of brake fluid

I helped a guy at the shop I work at put one with no jack, the transfercase was off so it was lighter. but be careful either way.

The tranny tcase assembly is really heavy and awkward. I would not give in to chance that you could support that, regardless of how strong you think you are.
It would really leave a mark if that fell that far! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/zombie.gif" alt="" />
lay on the floor and use jacks. Be safe.
danny

Unbolt the bell housing and the tranny mount, pull the drive shafts and get a ratchet strap a jack will help manuerver the tranny back..once you get it back rest the back on the crossmember and ratchet stap the bell housing....45 clutch change

Well if it's a 4x4 then the tranny/transfer combo is one heavy mutha and since the transfer case weight is off to the side, it is also awkward to handle. With that being said, if you don't have a tall enough jack do it on the floor. If you do it with the truck in the air and something bad happens at that height and that tranny isn't secure on a jack, not only would it become dangerous, but it wouldn't do the concrete floor or the tranny any good. Of course I have always done mine by myself with a floor jack with a tranny adapter on it and it can be a pain. An extra set of hands will help. Good luck.

just to play it safe 2 ratchet straps hooked on each side of the frame helps
had to pull a tranny in the woods w/o a jack

very good idea jello damn good idea!!!!

I tried this once and now this is how I do it every time. I have a removable 12v winch that I put inside the truck on the tranny hump and feed the cable through the stick shift hole and around the transmission/transfer. This is very near center of gravity. Then I power out to lower the tranny...and power in to raise tranny back up. My buddy says he does the same thing with a come-along ratcheting hand winch. Ive done this all alone but it is much easier with a friend to help.

I changed the clutch on my chevy s10 not too long ago and did the whole thing without a jack, transmission can't weigh more than 150 or so. Just put it on my chest and rolled under the truck then used my knees and arms to get it up. Piece o cake!

If you've gotta 2WD I'd say that's the way to go, depending on your physical strength, transmission can't be much bigger than mine. If it's a 4WD, I wouldn't attempt it <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shame.gif" alt="" />