1998 Honda Prelude Clutch Change

1998 HONDA PRELUDE
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JOSHPRIEFER
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1998 Honda Prelude 4 cyl Front Wheel Drive Manual 120k+ miles

I have a 98 Honda Prelude that I love to death. Unfortuantley it's time to change the clutch on it, and instead of taking it to a mechanic to do it and paying several hundred dollars, I would rather do it myself. There is a problem still tho, i'm not quite sure how to do it or where everything is located at, any help or suggestions on where to start?
Nov 22, 2009 at 5:41 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,

It's one thing wanting to do this your self, and from your post i get the impression that this may be beyond your capabilities, i may be wrong, but i would suggest that you first get a work shop manual and read the clutch section, to do a clutch on this car the suspension, drive shafts must first be removed, the transmission removed, do you have jacks and stands and the tooling to do this? you must have the fly wheel machined as if not you will run the chance of sever clutch shudder, there is a lot to take in, so first read and understand what you are about to take on, otherwise you may end up with a bigger headache then you want, a work shop manual will give step by step instructions with all the pics you need, also a list of tooling, special & standard hand tools, do this first before committing your self, if you do decide that you can do this, then re post with any questions that you may have.

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mark (mhpautos)
Nov 22, 2009 at 6:15 PM