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Let me know if something doesn't look right, and thats the old TOB (its rusty, just for the pic). Does the black shaft get greased or just the splined portion? And yes the fork pivot has grease.
Still dont see how the pilot bearing supports or guides anything but end play maybe, not that its adjustable.
Last edited by 04rallikid; Jun 3, 2014 at 11:15 AM.
Is there a saved thread on tranny replacement? Poor car has been sitting 2 years, I still remember most of what Im doing, not sure of all the torque specs, think its 75lb for the flywheel bolts and 150 for the axle nuts. Haven't looked yet but I do have access to Chilton.com and somewhere I have the alldata info.
Exedy clutch kit, resurfaced stock flywheel, LKQ used tranny, RRM clutch line, stock and original slave cylinder. 60k miles.
there's not supposed to be pilot bearing for our cars...that last spacer between the flywheel bolt heads and the flywheel has the pilot bushing integrated. the splined section of the input shaft gets greased, as well as the sleeve or shroud that covers the input shaft, this it what the TOB rides on during operation so you'll want that to be good and greasy. If the fork fulcrum has any corrosion or pitting it should be cleaned up, or replaced before using, cause even with grease could still eventually cause some unwanted noise during clutch operation.
i feel like the flywheel bolts have a higher torque than that, like 90-100 ft-lb, i'm at work, so i can't check the manual quickly (though i do have it on my phone), but i just did mine not long ago, and i feel like it's a bit more than 75. also the torque on the pressure plate mounting bolts is important. If no one posts the values, i'll try to post 'em up.
ok, i dont have a flywheel holder so I guess Im gonna do the rope down the spark plug hole trick. So what is the piece in the middle of the flywheel called(the piece in my hand in the 3rd pic). Is that just for the clutch alignment tool?
So that little snap ring/clip for the TOB is on there correctly?
ok, i dont have a flywheel holder so I guess Im gonna do the rope down the spark plug hole trick. So what is the piece in the middle of the flywheel called(the piece in my hand in the 3rd pic). Is that just for the clutch alignment tool?
So that little snap ring/clip for the TOB is on there correctly?
to hold the flywheel, I used the pressure plate bolt holes and alignment dowels and a framing square. I suppose shoving rope into the cylinder would work, but generally you're not supposed to rotate the crank backwards. The spacer in the middle of the flywheel is the pilot bushing, that piece the 3rd picture looks like a pilot bearing, which we don't use, did it come in the kit? it's not the alignment tool...the alignment tool should be solid plastic and should look exactly like the end of the input shaft, and is only used to center the clutch disc during pressure plate installation.
not sure what you mean by that....there's only one pilot bushing, it's on the end of the crank in the flywheel shim/spacer thing....I have no idea why you have 2. in the 3rd picture, it looks like a bearing that fits on the end of the input shaft where there's no spline...that doesn't go there. The only bearing between the rear main seal of the engine, and the input shaft seal of the transmission, is the TOB (clutch release bearing).
Last edited by CrAnSwIcK; Jun 5, 2014 at 12:30 AM.
Did some research, the best word for that part is pilot bushing but it doesn't do anything but help align the clutch, nothing goes in it, and I doubt it the input shaft even touches it which would put a lot of strain on it, not being supported.
These are good pics, just random though, but gets the point across.
Last edited by 04rallikid; Jun 6, 2014 at 10:38 AM.
Did some research, the best word for that part is pilot bushing but it doesn't do anything but help align the clutch, nothing goes in it, and I doubt it the input shaft even touches it which would put a lot of strain on it, not being supported.
These are good pics, just random though, but gets the point across.
that's what I've been trying to say...did I **** it up?
why? it serves the same purpose...in all honesty once the transmission is torqued to the block, it probably doesn't do much since there's basically zero free-play on the input shaft. but it's there for a reason, so use it.
is that bushing for a automatic?
I have 2 as well and they both look completely different.
my car is a manual. Was told this was for a auto this is what came out of the bore when I took the clutch out for replacement. Just the back side of the bushing
