How can I remove an auto trans cross member? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**ScottH** · 11-09-2011, 01:02 PM

I'm trying to remove an auto trans cross member and kinda stuck on how to go about it. If anyone has any suggestions or hints I would really appreciate it.

Thanks!

Scott

eightbanger · 11-09-2011, 01:05 PM

I usually un-bolt and whack a few times on the passenger side end untill it pops out, it's a relativly tight fit but it does come out at an angle an in the same way.

Dano69c10 · 11-09-2011, 01:43 PM

Here's a good thread on the subject
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=441992

a_barth · 11-09-2011, 01:55 PM

big_al_71 · 11-09-2011, 02:53 PM

Sledge Hammer one side front and one side to the back and it will come right out.

rustsev · 11-09-2011, 07:14 PM

I cut mine in half and it fell out ... I was replacing it though.

just a hack saw cut it surprisingly fast

ChevLoRay · 11-09-2011, 08:27 PM

Yep, on the hammer method. Fun comes now that everything has been sandblasted and painted.....guess I'll just wait until the engine and transmission have been reconnected to place the crossmember and bolt it in place.

You'd think I'd have made a better note about which holes, huh?

**ScottH** · 11-09-2011, 08:37 PM

Thanks guys.....its a parts truck that is hard to get at to swing a hammer.
Right now the whole thing slides when I hit it, guess I will have to get some help to work the other side at the same time.

11-09-2011, 01:02 PM	#1
ScottH Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hampstead, NC Posts: 8,187	How can I remove an auto trans cross member? I'm trying to remove an auto trans cross member and kinda stuck on how to go about it. If anyone has any suggestions or hints I would really appreciate it. Thanks! Scott __________________ 1963 C10 swb fleetside 1966 GMC G1000 Handi-bus (future project) 1955 Chevy 2 dr. wagon

11-09-2011, 01:05 PM	#2
eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Re: How can I remove an auto trans cross member? I usually un-bolt and whack a few times on the passenger side end untill it pops out, it's a relativly tight fit but it does come out at an angle an in the same way. __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger

11-09-2011, 01:43 PM	#3
Dano69c10 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ontario, Kali Posts: 2,427	Re: How can I remove an auto trans cross member? Here's a good thread on the subject http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=441992 __________________ '69 Fleet It ain't yours, if you didn't build it!

11-09-2011, 01:55 PM	#4
a_barth Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Eustis, FL Posts: 124	Re: How can I remove an auto trans cross member?

11-09-2011, 02:53 PM	#5
big_al_71 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: South Florida Posts: 11,375	Re: How can I remove an auto trans cross member? Sledge Hammer one side front and one side to the back and it will come right out. __________________ Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please!!!!!. Sylvester's build thread >>>http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ht=big+rebuild

11-09-2011, 07:14 PM	#6
rustsev slowest. build. ever. Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: SF East Bay Area Posts: 28	Re: How can I remove an auto trans cross member? I cut mine in half and it fell out ... I was replacing it though. just a hack saw cut it surprisingly fast

11-09-2011, 08:27 PM	#7
ChevLoRay Old Skool Club Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Benton, AR "The Heart of Arkansas" Posts: 10,880	Re: How can I remove an auto trans cross member? Yep, on the hammer method. Fun comes now that everything has been sandblasted and painted.....guess I'll just wait until the engine and transmission have been reconnected to place the crossmember and bolt it in place. You'd think I'd have made a better note about which holes, huh? __________________ Member Nr. 2770 '96 GMC Sportside; 4.3/SLT - Daily driven....constantly needs washed. '69 C-10 SWB; 350/TH400 - in limbo The older I get, the better I was.

11-09-2011, 08:37 PM	#8
ScottH Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hampstead, NC Posts: 8,187	Re: How can I remove an auto trans cross member? Thanks guys.....its a parts truck that is hard to get at to swing a hammer. Right now the whole thing slides when I hit it, guess I will have to get some help to work the other side at the same time. __________________ 1963 C10 swb fleetside 1966 GMC G1000 Handi-bus (future project) 1955 Chevy 2 dr. wagon



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