but I still got a little quarter inch gap in the bellhousing when putting the input shaft into the pilot bearing. We had to use the bolts for the bellhousing to pull the trans towards the engine in order to close the gap... ,idk if that means anything (maybe new clutch disc and PP cause this?).
Generally, a manual trans should slide easily right up to the block.
The only kinds of "resistance" I've experienced from working on assorted brands of car are:
- Transmission that isn't quite
straight, or clutch friction plate that wasn't properly
centered when tightening the pressure plate.
- Bell housing
locating dowels or holes that weren't cleaned and anti-seized. Usually have to pry the trans off, too.
- A different type of TO bearing that's actually
spring-loaded against the clutch, rather than free-floating.
- An input shaft being forced into a defective or binding
pilot bearing. That was February's Jeep. Pilot bearing came apart, rusty rollers were dragging the input shaft around.
Was the pilot bearing you re-used a bearing or a bushing? And if a bearing, did the greasy little needle rollers happily spin?
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Wrong parts. I think it was another Jeep. Wouldn't even come within an inch of the engine. Parts catalog was wrong.