Clutch 89 cavalier how do i change the clutch?

do i have to pull engine to change clutch
Clutch 89 cavalier how do i change the clutch?
1. Disconnect negative battery cable. Drain cooling system. Disconnect heater core. Jack hoist and raise engine enough to take weight off engine mounts.



2. remove left sound insulator. Disconnect clutch master cylinder push rod from clutch pedal. Remove air cleaner and air intake duct assembly. Remove clutch slave cylinder from transaxle and support out of your work area.



3.Remove transaxle mounting through bolt. Raise Vehicle. remove exhaust crossover bolts at right exhaust manifold. Lower vehicle. Disconnect left exhaust manifold.



4. Disconnect transaxle mount bracket and shift cables. Remove upper transaxle -to-engine bolts. Raise vehicle. Remove left from tire and wheel. Remove left front inner splash shield. Remove transaxle strut and bracket.



5.Drain transaxle. remove clutch housing cover bolts. Disconnect vehicle speed sensor connector. Disconnect stabilizer shaft at left suspension support and control arm. Remove left suspension support attatching bolts and swing aside. Remove left drive axle from transaxle.



6. Remove intermediate shaft housing bolts. Slide intermediate shaft housing away from transaxle. Pry intermediate shaft from transaxle. Secure transaxle to a transmission jack.



7. Remove remaining transaxle-to-engine blots. Remove transaxle by sliding it away from engine and carefully lowering jack while guding intermediate shaft out of transaxle.



8. Index mark pressure plat to flywheel for reassembly reference. using a crisscross sequence. oosen attaching bolts one turn at a time until pressure plat spring tension is relieved. Remove clutch disk and pressure plate.



Installation:



1. Position clutch disc and pressure plate onto flywheel. Install clutch disc with damper srpings toward transaxle. Stamped letters identify %26quot;flywheel side%26quot;. Using proper clutch aligning tool, center clutch disc.



2. using a crisscross sequence, install and tighten pressure plate-to-flywheel attaching bolts evenly and gradually. lightly lubricate fork ends and pack I.D. recess of release bearings with grease.



3. Ensure bearing pads are located on fork ends and spring ends are in fork holes with spring completely seated in bearing groove.



4. Reverse removal procedure of transaxle and tighten all bolts to specs.



torque specs:

flywheel-to-crankshaft bolts :52 ft lbs

pressure plate-to-flywheel bolts 16 ft lbs

transaxle-to-engine block (bolts and nuts) 55 ft lbs







WOW, typed all that out of memory. I'm beat. Good luck, it sucks.
Clutch 89 cavalier how do i change the clutch?
Nope, support engine and remove A-arm on drivers side and remove transmission. Get a good repair manual to help you.