I can’t remove the transmission pan while doing a tranny service on my Denali pickup. Here is how to remove transmission pan while doing a transmission fluid and filter service on a 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Chevy Silverado Tahoe Suburban GMC Sierra Yukon Denali and Cadillac Escalade with a 5.3 or 6.2 V8 2wd awd or
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Should be the same on 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2×4 and 4×4 as well.
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Unbolt the the trans mount and use a screw jack to raise transmission up.
I would just unbolt the trans mount and jack the back of the transmission up. A lot easier than fighting rubber exhaust hangers.
not only is the exhaust pipe in the way, it puts off a LOT of heat that radiates up to the pan to heat the fluid even more. I want to put a fiberglass wrap around that section of pipe to see if it reduces this problem. Has anyone tried this? Do you think it will help?
If you put a 2×4 between the exhaust and the floor of the truck. Take the nuts out of the trans mount and jack up the tail housing the pan will come right out. It keeps the exhaust down while the tranny moves up
Thanks. Not sure why auto manufacturers can’t make this stuff easy. I know how to do the filter gasket and solenoids in the transmission but the rear bolts of the pan are stupid to be polite as they are less than an inch from the exhaust shield that is below them. Can’t even get my finger in there to lossen the bolts and even though you can get the bolts out with a wrench, there’s no way you could get them back in afterwards. Why would they design something like this that needs to be serviced about every 50k??? Guess they want to charge a lot to do something that should be simple and stop people from being able to service their own vehicles. Appreciate the video but not the GM guys.
How much room do you need? Have you tried putting a jack under the transfer case, undoing the mount at trans then jacking it up? Look like you only have about an inch at the sensor but is that enough??
Great tip….saw this afterwards! We just removed the pan on a '15 Yukon XL 4L60 w/out any of this (on the floor w/ front jacked up a little). Extracted the fluid, removed the filter, removed the gasket, then the pan slid out when rotating the rear of the pan to the passenger side. Took some patience, but it did work. Went back in the same way….not sure if cross-over pipe is same diameter on trucks???
Just unbolt the Transmission from it's mount and jack it up a bit at the rear end. That'll give you all the room you need. Fyi both your Trans pan gasket and diff gaskets are reusable (dealership says so).
….brutal!!! and the customer later down the road will blame GM's exhaust manifold bolts for popping their heads off, not knowing some idiot had been putting stress on them in this manner. Idiotic! and lazy!