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eastcoastS14 · 05-31-2007, 02:46 AM

ok so I totalled my 240 a while ago, im trying to pull everything i can from it and then scrap the shell....I was told that if you unbolt the subframe and remove it, you can pull the motor tranny and everything else all at once...anyone have any experience doing this, any tips would be helpful before i start

yokotas13 · 05-31-2007, 03:09 AM

disconnect everything, drop the front subframe, and it will all come out

breakindrifts · 05-31-2007, 03:15 AM

I think it might be motre work than just removing the engine the traditional way. But yeah I guess undo engine/tranny X members. Pull out the driveshaft.

eastcoastS14 · 05-31-2007, 03:18 AM

yeah it sucks because i dont own an engine hoist....and i really just need this thing out of my driveway so i can star work on my other one.....

rican_nick · 05-31-2007, 07:34 AM

i'd disconnect everything unbolt the subframe/trannymount..etc and just lift the car from around the motor/subframe.

If its totalled.. just cut the radiator support out of the way put it on car dollies and roll it away from the motor. Other wise your going to need a lift or something to lift the car over the motor after u drop the subframe.

projectRDM · 05-31-2007, 07:52 AM

Crossmember, not subframe. Two entirely different things.

On the cars I buy, usually hit in the front, I wheel a cart underneath, cut the core support off, and drop the entire assembly on to the cart, then roll it out from the front. You can then pick parts of as needed and remove the transmission easily as well. Just remember to unbolt the column turnbuckle before you let it drop.

rican_nick · 05-31-2007, 08:42 AM

lol.. correct.. Please dont drop your subframe to pull the motor out.. unless ur pulling the rear out too.

eastcoastS14 · 05-31-2007, 05:11 PM

ha yeah sorry pulling everything out....I just need the body itself out of my driveway since its taking up so much space...figured i could unbolt my subframe drop everything a pull my VLSD 5lugs and all that a later point....also how do you guys usually unbolt the driveshaft...I cant really fit a ratchet onto the nuts

rican_nick · 05-31-2007, 05:17 PM

carrier bearing.. 17mm socket.

Rear diff to the driveshaft? use a wrench, pull up the ebrake to keep it from spinning on you.. then let the ebrake down.. spin the driveshaft to readjust, set the brake again.. until u get the them all off.

Drift shaft just slips out of the tranny.

eastcoastS14 · 05-31-2007, 05:23 PM

yeah Ill try that...I dont even know if it still spins everything in my car is bent and shifted and mangled from the accident

05-31-2007, 02:46 AM	#1
eastcoastS14 Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: the land of snow potholes and no tracks Posts: 3,984 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	dropping the subframe to remove engine & tranny ok so I totalled my 240 a while ago, im trying to pull everything i can from it and then scrap the shell....I was told that if you unbolt the subframe and remove it, you can pull the motor tranny and everything else all at once...anyone have any experience doing this, any tips would be helpful before i start

05-31-2007, 03:09 AM	#2
yokotas13 Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Milford, CT Age: 40 Posts: 10,519 Trader Rating: (8) Rides Gallery: yokotas13 Feedback Score: 8 reviews	disconnect everything, drop the front subframe, and it will all come out __________________ 2015 Subaru Outback Overlander - Wagonofdoom

05-31-2007, 03:15 AM	#3
breakindrifts Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Agoura Hills, CA Age: 36 Posts: 1,006 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I think it might be motre work than just removing the engine the traditional way. But yeah I guess undo engine/tranny X members. Pull out the driveshaft. __________________ [

05-31-2007, 07:34 AM	#5
rican_nick Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Augusta, GA Age: 42 Posts: 1,204 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i'd disconnect everything unbolt the subframe/trannymount..etc and just lift the car from around the motor/subframe. If its totalled.. just cut the radiator support out of the way put it on car dollies and roll it away from the motor. Other wise your going to need a lift or something to lift the car over the motor after u drop the subframe. __________________ Nick O. 97 240sx My Seller's Review Thread

05-31-2007, 07:52 AM	#6
projectRDM Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Atlanta Age: 51 Posts: 13,812 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	Crossmember, not subframe. Two entirely different things. On the cars I buy, usually hit in the front, I wheel a cart underneath, cut the core support off, and drop the entire assembly on to the cart, then roll it out from the front. You can then pick parts of as needed and remove the transmission easily as well. Just remember to unbolt the column turnbuckle before you let it drop. __________________ FORMERLY R240NA Learn what's really going on and protect your assets now before they're gone forever: www.paypalsucks.com

05-31-2007, 03:18 AM	#4
eastcoastS14 Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: the land of snow potholes and no tracks Posts: 3,984 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	yeah it sucks because i dont own an engine hoist....and i really just need this thing out of my driveway so i can star work on my other one.....

05-31-2007, 08:42 AM	#7
rican_nick Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Augusta, GA Age: 42 Posts: 1,204 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	lol.. correct.. Please dont drop your subframe to pull the motor out.. unless ur pulling the rear out too. __________________ Nick O. 97 240sx My Seller's Review Thread

05-31-2007, 05:11 PM	#8
eastcoastS14 Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: the land of snow potholes and no tracks Posts: 3,984 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	ha yeah sorry pulling everything out....I just need the body itself out of my driveway since its taking up so much space...figured i could unbolt my subframe drop everything a pull my VLSD 5lugs and all that a later point....also how do you guys usually unbolt the driveshaft...I cant really fit a ratchet onto the nuts

05-31-2007, 05:17 PM	#9
rican_nick Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Augusta, GA Age: 42 Posts: 1,204 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	carrier bearing.. 17mm socket. Rear diff to the driveshaft? use a wrench, pull up the ebrake to keep it from spinning on you.. then let the ebrake down.. spin the driveshaft to readjust, set the brake again.. until u get the them all off. Drift shaft just slips out of the tranny. __________________ Nick O. 97 240sx My Seller's Review Thread

05-31-2007, 05:23 PM	#10
eastcoastS14 Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: the land of snow potholes and no tracks Posts: 3,984 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	yeah Ill try that...I dont even know if it still spins everything in my car is bent and shifted and mangled from the accident