Please Help!!!!!!
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From: Liberty SC
Please Help!!!!!! I put in a SPEC stage3 clutch and I am putting thet TRANS. back in...what is the best way to line up the input shaft? Can not get that damn thing in there for nothing, the clutch is lined up properly...and so is the pilot bearing. trans is level not in a bind just won't go in, slave cyl. is new and installed right. Please help I need the car done today!!!!
Thnx in advance
Thnx in advance
When tightening down the pressure plate, you have to pull up on the alignment tool a little to get it straight. Because the weight of the clutch disc will pull it down a little throwing it off line.
The problem you have now is that the tip of the input shaft is just a little off line, but is aligned in the clutch disc. So the tip of the input shaft is hitting the bottom of the pilot bearing. See where I'm coming from?
The problem you have now is that the tip of the input shaft is just a little off line, but is aligned in the clutch disc. So the tip of the input shaft is hitting the bottom of the pilot bearing. See where I'm coming from?
Originally Posted by SLVRZLS1
I see what your saying.....makes sense, thanks I'll try to re-align it holding up on the tool
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From: New Haven MI
Originally Posted by Seagraves#85
What I did was put a nut at the end of the output shaft (the shaft on the opposite side of the engine) and lined the tranny up and when I "Stabbed" the tranny I simply twisted the shaft with the nut on it and it slid right in. The nut serves as a way to turn the input shaft in order to align the tranny.
I think he's trying to align the shaft in the pilot bearing, not the shaft in the clutch disc. Getting it in the clutch disc is easy, now getting it in the pilot bearing.....
Originally Posted by Camaro00_SS
So how did you remove the nut once you got the the input shaft into the pilot bearing? And how did you thread the nut onto the input shaft in the first place?? Did you just leave the nut on the input shaft???
