VAroute66
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I am installing a Richmond 5 speed onto a ZZ502 with a lakewood bellhousing and Centerforce II Clutch. I aligned the clutch using the plastic alignment tool, and it is well aligned. The bronze pilot bearing/bushing is fully seated with its face flush with crank surface. So I line it up and the splines insert easily. The trans face and bellhousing face are perpendicular to ground and parallel with each other as measured by leveling tool. However, to my extreme frustration, the trans will not go the last 3/8 in. I jiggle and move it with no result. It is a solid sound no like something hard hitting something soft. If the trans input shaft were hitting the pilot bearing, I would likely see some dings in the bronze material. I don't see signs of contact, and the pilot bearing looks undamaged. Is the pilot bearing engaged with 3/8 in. still to go? Can't imagine I am bottoming out. I already took everything apart once to realign the clutch. The step I want to avoid is taking it apart again to see whats going on without the bellhousing. Any ideas or experience with anything like this? Thanks.
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Dan
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Dan