I love my commenters. lol. Never thought I'd get this many hits on something so mundane.

Brilliant!

I had to modify a different alignment tool that I used on some other car. Unfortunately I don't remember what the other car was to be of much help since I have like 35 alignment tools. You could maybe get away with wrapping the "nipple" with electrical tape to achieve the thickness required to fill up the space where a pilot bearing would normally go.

I am really pleased with it. The only difference I notice is that the clutch is slightly less forgiving since it has spring bushings instead of rubber. In effect this will make your car slightly more prone to stall if you pop the clutch upon release at really low RPM. Overall smoothness and pedal travel for engagement is identical to OEM.

Mine is also an '05. It took me about 5 hours. Now that I've done it once I could probably do it again in 3. I've done clutches on about 20 cars in my life, this one was probably about middle of the road difficulty. The most difficult part was juggling the mounts. Unbolting them and getting the rear one out so it's out of the way is a freaking nightmare. I also only used jacks to support the engine and transmission during the process, but I definitely recommend using a crane instead, I think that would have saved me a lot of headache.

Wow. That's quick. Mounts? Like the engine mounts or the mounts on the housing?

Engine mounts. There are 3 total, the left and rear mounts must come out for the work. I strongly recommend replacing the rear one while you have it all apart since it's so much work to get at it otherwise.

I'd say 250k is a pretty good run for a stock clutch. I think I only made it so far because I made a lot of really long highway trips (with no wear on the clutch). ...If the car is barely moving and speed doesn't climb equally with revs like it used to, then it's almost certainly the clutch.

I want to know the answer to your question also. My '05 scion is overdue for a clutch replacement now (with 250k miles).

@@jesseguerra8642 250k miles????

how is it ya?

Hey what's Jeff just wanted to know if you di that clutch change on the xb and if you had any issues with it

You can't tell the difference at all. I drove mine today and my friend's low mile OEM one... absolutely 0 difference in feel.

@@fisqual and also can i use top 1 high temp grease?

If you're an aggressive driver like me, I'd go Exedy. I've been really happy with it. Otherwise, I think the AISIN is better for OEM feel and ease of drivability for someone less experienced with manual. ...I taught probably 30 people how to drive stick on the AISIN clutch and they seemed to pick it up faster than people do now that I have the Exedy.

Neither. They're both top quality brands and OEM suppliers. Include LuK and Sachs as well. LuK and Exedy apparently source parts from each other as well.

Oni Akuma I just put an Exedy and I love it!

@@fisqual should you fcc vs exedy ?

@@VeritasEtAequitas which is best clutch for swift LUK vs Exedy vs sachs ? if price not issue? just need strong reliable clutch and best quality !

I was fortunate enough that one of my saved alignment tools from a previous clutch job was close enough. It needed just one slight modification, I had to cut the nub off of the end that would normally go into the pilot bearing since the xB doesn't have one. But you can probably get the correct one from the dealer if you don't have extra alignment tools. Good luck!

fisqual The XB doesn't use a pilot bearing? That's strange

I thought so too. The input shaft on the transmission is really stubby. This was the first car I did without a pilot bearing.

It came with the alignment tool because that clutch fits other vehicles that may use the tool..🤜🤛

I've installed all those brands and if available I always go exedy now. I had some issues with spline fitment of Sachs and had to file down the edges to get it to slide on the input shaft when mating the Trans. Ive put a few LUK into VWs with no issue but the cars didnt last much longer to know how they hold up and LUK isn't usually available for Japanese cars which is what I normally work on.

It was like $105 on Rockauto.com

@@fisqual Are you extremely happy with the clutch job on the Xb?

@@jesseguerra8642 He was

No.

YES

Take a chill pill, gaff. Most of the trivial stuff is learned as you work. Did you know every single thing about sex before you ever tried it?

Maybe

No, then you're not aligning anything!

@@fisqual I am curious about this idea although the 15mm socket is certainly a great work around. Why wouldn't this trick work as well? With the extension cut off, wouldn't the splined part of the tool go right through the clutch plate and bottom out in the flywheel hole, thus ling up the clutch plate?