trans pan removal

[p_justin13]

any body ever manage to find a way to sneek in there and remove the trans pan without unbolting the crossmember. All the bolts on mine are ceazed up bad. Can you get in there using a swivel head socket??

[Triathlete]

I have done it with a swivel.

[p_justin13]

1/4" or 3/8" and then just an extended socket attached or a shorty

[Triathlete]

Don't remember

[vxfocus]

dont think you can remove the pan with the cross member still there????

[Triathlete]

You can but its WAY easier to remove the crossmember.

[atilla_the_fun]

pay attention to those transmission bolts, the transmission housing is aluminum and very soft. I stripped/spun one bolt's hole during my filter change and had to put a larger bolt and a nut to fix.

[Y33TREKker]

Not only is it usually easier in my opinion to do that job with the cross-member removed, but along with what atilla mentioned, it's also easier to get the proper torque on the pan bolts when you've got a straight shot at them (not using a universal joint which can sometimes result in over-tightening due to universal socket binding).

Clean the trans bolt threads first, get everything in place, apply some thread-locker to each bolt, then torque appropriately. Less chance of over-tightening/stripping pan bolt threads.

[nfpgasmask]

http://www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-9072-20-2-Inch-Impact-Wrench/dp/B0000647GA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1336429580&sr=8-2

Bart