Hi all,
I've owned my 2005 1.4 SE from new and I've beeen doing all the car's servicing myself, since the manufacturer's guarantee expired at 3 years. It's been a great car - totally reliable, just wear and tear items needing replacement.
It's still on it's original clutch at 115,000 miles, so rather than knacker the flywheel completely I thought I'd renew it while it was still behaving properly - you know, sensible preventative maintenance and all that....
It's not a quick job because you have to take out half the front of the car just so you can get the gearbox assembly out to access the clutch (which is why dealers & garages charge so much). Not inherently difficult if you like mucking around with cars, just a bit tedious.
I've done a few clutches in my time but never a Jazz. So here's a question for the more experienced members out there. Referring to the Haynes book of Fairy Tales it says you need to remove the front subframe from the car completely.
Looking at it I reckon just loosening/detaching the minimum and dropping the left/nearside of the subframe an inch or two ought to give sufficient clearance to withdraw the gearbox/driveshaft from the clutch
OR
Leave the subframe in situ and with the engine supported and cables/pipes/exhaust freed off just tilt the engine an inch or two to achieve the same effect.
Anyone out there tried this? Any pearls of wisdom gained from bitter personal experience much appreciated...
Happy motoring, Mark.
PS am I alone in thinking the the engine bay of a Honda Jazz is like 3-D Sudoku?