I put a new clutch in and got it all back together and then went to put the trans in and i get about an 1" to an 1 1/2" away from the bellhousing and it wont go in any more so i took it out and put my alignment tool back in to make sure everything is still good and it is the tool go in fine??????

My question is is it real hard to slam them back together am i being to gentle?

or
Is there some special technique needed to get it all the way in?

thanks in advance for any help

 

try puting trans in gear,turn output shaft,it will turn input
shaft so splines will line up with splines in clutch & it will
go in til it hits pilot bearing,make sure trans has same gap
top to bottom,side to side from bellhouseing to trans face
shake it a little& push at same time it should go in.
BE PATIENT good luck

 

sounds like you're not getting the pilot bearing and trans shaft lined up just right. keep in mind the angle of the transmisson in relation to the engine. it shouldn't take more than a shove if everything is lined up correctly. try raising and or lowering the backend to get better alaignment

 

#1 mistake on any transmission install is having the tranny in nuetral... i cant remember how many times ive left the tranny in nuetral and fought trying to get it to line up..

Put er' in gear n if that dont work, well push harder.

 

it was in neutral when i took it out. ill put the shifter in and stick it in a gear ill try that once i get home. and ill let yall know thanks

 

Be gentile!!!!! Force it in and you can push the pilot bearing through the flywheel. At 1 1/2 inches the spline is not lined up right, as was said, turn it. Also the trans is **** about being lined up perfectly, sometimes real hard to do. The slightest angle and it will not go in.

 

i use 2 6" long bolts, i cut the heads off them and screw them in on either side of the motor adapter. then i jack up the tranny and start it onto the 2 studs. and just slid it in. i swear this works so much better then trying to stab it.

 

i put it in gear and spun the output shaft and pushed and it went right in and now i guess i cant get it into the pilot bearing its only about 1/2" away and im pushin and nothing my bolt holes line up its like i could just bolt it on right now i dunno what to do it just wont budge anymore.

 

Now the pilot shaft is against the shell of the pilot bearing. Get it perfect and it will slide in. Sometimes slides right in, sometimes takes hours of fiddeling. If you bolt and pull it in you take the chance of trashing the pilot bearing. Cummins did one on mine.

 

yea i bolted and pulled it it it went in real easy and i id it real square so it didnt go one side more then the other but it wasnt real far away but that how i did it it wasnt movin anywhere with me pushing and turning..... i know bearing are real easy to push out but...

How would i know if i knocked it out......? hear it kncokin around ?

 

Down the road you would get vibration, and maybe on the next shift, none.

 

Try hooking up the clutch linkage, and have someone push in the clutch to release the pressure plate from the clutch disk. Does it everytime for me.

 

well it's in now all back together i would have tried the pushin in the clutch but i needed a slave cylinder i didnt even get to drive it yet, im hoping ill beable to get one tommarow....i hope i didnt knock out the pilot bearing it went it easy, well see