Difficulty of replacing clutch (VS FWD car)
 

I just finished replacing the clutch in my 07 accord and I never want to do that job again. I'm just wondering how much less time consuming it will be to replace the clutch in my FR-s will be. I found it difficult to work with the bell housing in the engine bay and there were a LOT of steps. Thots?

I mean getting the trans to slot back on is the hardest part of any trans installation. That being said if you support the front of the motor before you pull the trans you can do the clutch change in realistically 5ish hours on your back and prolly 2 or 3 on a lift.

Source: did mine in 2 hours on a lift.

Also, this depends entirely on what tool arsenal you have at hand. You may need to cut an over pipe bolt (they freeze a lot) and if you don't have a grinder of some sort on hand, that will add greatly to the time necessary.

TFTI, I probably spent 20 hours on my clutch (first time). I have lots of tools handy, but I kept getting stuck doing part runs to remove this and that part.

I feel that, been then there done it.

Truth be told there are not a lot of tools necessary for the frs, and it's mostly stuff you would have on hand. Tons of diy write ups on it, even a video of a dude removing it in 20 mins on YouTube.

So as long as you are somewhat good with your hands it should be an easy job, just a little frustrating on the reinstall. The only thing you can really mess up is pinching the neutral safety and back up light harnesses on the transmission tunnel.

Trans jack is worth it if you are doing this from the ground, not required though.

It is one of the easier clutch jobs I have done.

I've done a clutch/pressure plate/fork/throwout bearing job about 6 times now (weirdly still have the OEM clutch in my car. Don't fix what isn't broken) on other FRS/BRZ/GT86. Takes me about 2.5 hours of work. 3 hours from in the door to out. I do own a lift. I also own a dirt racer honda prelude that I have done the clutch on numerous times throughout the 8ish years I have owned it. That takes about 5 hours on the lift. RWD simplifies a lot of things. The gt86 is just an easy car to maintain in general. Love this chassis.

I just did the clutch in my car and I pulled the motor instead of pulling the trans. Takes about 1:15 or so to get the motor out, and it gave me a chance to do spark plugs and valve cover gaskets while it was all apart.

I have a lift, as well, but in this case I don't think it saved a TON of time, though definitely easier.

So I got everything buttoned up, brakes bled, clutch slave bled and I noticed that the clutch pedal felt very light. So I drove the car two blocks and it just stopped putting power to the wheels. It felt fine other than being very light on the clutch. I can cycle through gears without using the clutch while the motor is running, and I can also see the clutch fork working back and fourth, so I know the fork and TOB appear to be operating normally. Any ideas? This is my 07 accord btw. Until I figure out what has gone wrong I will hold off on my FR-s. (I only need 1 broken car )