Tranny Pan

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2003 silverado 5.3 4 wheel drive, what needs to be done to remove tranny pan. the exhaust is so close & i can,t get my arms up on top of the trans to remove the torx bolts, its the deep pan, even with an impact of 150lbs exhaust bolts won,t move.

i have been with it 2 days and nothing.

 

can you help me. thanks ken

[wavery]

Try PB Blaster rust penetrant on the exhaust bolts. Spray it on, let it sit for 10 minutes, hit it for a few seconds with the impact and spray it again. Keep that up until the penetrant works it's way up the threads.

 

You can get it at most auto parts stores:

http://www.amazon.com/Blaster-16PB-Penetra...ef=pd_sbs_auto3

[pistonslap]

2003 silverado 5.3 4 wheel drive, what needs to be done to remove tranny pan. the exhaust is so close & i can,t get my arms up on top of the trans to remove the torx bolts, its the deep pan, even with an impact of 150lbs exhaust bolts won,t move.

i have been with it 2 days and nothing.

 

can you help me. thanks ken

 

Its been a while since i did my tran filter.(2000 1500 4x4) But i never had to mess with the exhaust. The only problem i had was with the shift cable bracket bolts. What i ended up doing was to bent the bracket a bit with a cresent wrench to get the pan to clear. Then after i was done i bent it back. Never had any problems since.

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2003 silverado 5.3 4 wheel drive, what needs to be done to remove tranny pan. the exhaust is so close & i can,t get my arms up on top of the trans to remove the torx bolts, its the deep pan, even with an impact of 150lbs exhaust bolts won,t move.

i have been with it 2 days and nothing.

 

can you help me. thanks ken

 

Its been a while since i did my tran filter.(2000 1500 4x4) But i never had to mess with the exhaust. The only problem i had was with the shift cable bracket bolts. What i ended up doing was to bent the bracket a bit with a cresent wrench to get the pan to clear. Then after i was done i bent it back. Never had any problems since.

 

 

i,ve done the very same thing (no good}

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Try PB Blaster rust penetrant on the exhaust bolts. Spray it on, let it sit for 10 minutes, hit it for a few seconds with the impact and spray it again. Keep that up until the penetrant works it's way up the threads.

 

You can get it at most auto parts stores:

http://www.amazon.com/Blaster-16PB-Penetra...ef=pd_sbs_auto3

what troubles me on the exhaust there is 6 bolts break any off boy oh boy, i spray em no good.

[RaddHazzard]

I did this on my 06 deep pan. I didnt remove any exhaust stuff, although it was tight. And these torx bolt shift cable braket bending techniques i dont get. I was able to reach up there and take em out.

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I did this on my 06 deep pan. I didnt remove any exhaust stuff, although it was tight. And these torx bolt shift cable braket bending techniques i dont get. I was able to reach up there and take em out.

my arms are to large.

[pistonslap]

I did this on my 06 deep pan. I didnt remove any exhaust stuff, although it was tight. And these torx bolt shift cable braket bending techniques i dont get. I was able to reach up there and take em out.

Maybe a 2006 is a little different then a 2000 with the deep pan? In my case with the tools i had i couldn't get a good angle on the bolts. Also the bolts were super tight, so rather then risk stripping the bolts i took the easier way out.

[Black02Silverado]

I removed my front drive shaft from the front diff and moved it out of the way and I was able to get my big arms up in there and remove the torq bolts. One bolt I had to use a hammer and chisel to get it to turn. I replaced them with standard head bolts so the next time they will be easier to remove.

[txab]

I removed my front drive shaft from the front diff and moved it out of the way and I was able to get my big arms up in there and remove the torq bolts. One bolt I had to use a hammer and chisel to get it to turn. I replaced them with standard head bolts so the next time they will be easier to remove.

Here's Nick's write-up.

 

Trans procedure

[Black02Silverado]

Thanks Darral, I'm slipping and should have posted it myself, it is a Monday.

[FargoZ71]

I just did this a couple of weeks ago.. no way in hell you can get to the torx.. atleast not with the front drive line inplace.. I cussed.. cussed some more.. and then bent the shifter bracket to the passengers side and forced the pan out..

[Black02Silverado]

I just did this a couple of weeks ago.. no way in hell you can get to the torx.. atleast not with the front drive line inplace.. I cussed.. cussed some more.. and then bent the shifter bracket to the passengers side and forced the pan out..

 

Why didn't you just pull down the front driveshaft? It is easy to do and gives you a bunch more room.

[txab]

I just did this a couple of weeks ago.. no way in hell you can get to the torx.. atleast not with the front drive line inplace.. I cussed.. cussed some more.. and then bent the shifter bracket to the passengers side and forced the pan out..

 

Why didn't you just pull down the front driveshaft? It is easy to do and gives you a bunch more room.

 

 

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