Can't seat transmission last 1/4" or so, thoughts?
So, two weeks ago, I pulled the 5 speed B13 transmission off my SR20DE so that I could get in there to replace the rear main seal. Clutch and flywheel parts all came off. Flywheel reinstalled with the friction surface facing outward. Clutch disc was at first installed backwards, and the pressure plate torqued to spec. I've since put the clutch disc back on the right way around (flat side towards the engine, it was even labeled FLYWHEEL on that side, duh!) but this hasn't helped.
I'm using an engine hoist to lift the tranny up, and a floor jack on the outer end to help balance it.
At this point, I do NOT have the clutch alignment tool for this. I have one coming, but it will be two weeks before I can get back to this (vacation) to see if that helps. I have a deep socket that fits with almost no wiggle room in that hole, while shining a light in there it seems that the pilot bearing hole is lined up with the splines on the clutch disc.
I've repeatedly lifted the transmission up, gotten the shaft to slide in, but it stops sliding with about 1/4" left to go. I've rotated the crank on the engine and can feel inside the hole where the axle would go and can feel it rotating, so I know the splines are lined up. I can back off the tranny and shove it in, it is thunking against something that is stopping it.
I have literally spend 12 hours across two weekends lifting this up, wiggling it around, changing angles, taking it down, checking things, lifting it back up again, and still failing. I've gone as far as threading in some longer bolts to the transmission housing to try to draw it in tight that way, but I didn't want to torque those down too much for fear of breaking something. But I know the bolt holes were lined up, and it still wouldn't slide in that last bit.
The alignment on the pilot bearing being off is the only thing that makes sense to me at this point, and so MANY people have said you don't need the alignment tool, use a finger, use a socket, etc. It doesn't seem that this is that critical if so many people didn't use this tool and still got their transmission to mate up. Maybe the pilot bearing on my flywheel is just a hair tighter than it should and there is no room for error, I don't know.
On the off chance that I've overlooked something, I'm throwing this out here to see if anyone else has run into something similar and what was done to resolve this.
I'm using an engine hoist to lift the tranny up, and a floor jack on the outer end to help balance it.
At this point, I do NOT have the clutch alignment tool for this. I have one coming, but it will be two weeks before I can get back to this (vacation) to see if that helps. I have a deep socket that fits with almost no wiggle room in that hole, while shining a light in there it seems that the pilot bearing hole is lined up with the splines on the clutch disc.
I've repeatedly lifted the transmission up, gotten the shaft to slide in, but it stops sliding with about 1/4" left to go. I've rotated the crank on the engine and can feel inside the hole where the axle would go and can feel it rotating, so I know the splines are lined up. I can back off the tranny and shove it in, it is thunking against something that is stopping it.
I have literally spend 12 hours across two weekends lifting this up, wiggling it around, changing angles, taking it down, checking things, lifting it back up again, and still failing. I've gone as far as threading in some longer bolts to the transmission housing to try to draw it in tight that way, but I didn't want to torque those down too much for fear of breaking something. But I know the bolt holes were lined up, and it still wouldn't slide in that last bit.
The alignment on the pilot bearing being off is the only thing that makes sense to me at this point, and so MANY people have said you don't need the alignment tool, use a finger, use a socket, etc. It doesn't seem that this is that critical if so many people didn't use this tool and still got their transmission to mate up. Maybe the pilot bearing on my flywheel is just a hair tighter than it should and there is no room for error, I don't know.
On the off chance that I've overlooked something, I'm throwing this out here to see if anyone else has run into something similar and what was done to resolve this.
Be the first to like this post.
Originally Posted by lynchfourtwenty 
Back to top
