Clutch Confusion

[DamageInc]

ive put my flywheel and clutch on my engine and well , it's not lining up with the gearbox .

ie; it wont go in all the way , leaves about a 1" gap ;/

and after looking some more i think that there is the possibility that the clutch plate is on the wrong way

would this explain why it wont line up ?

can the stalk off the gearbox only go into the pressure plate one way ?

this is how the clutch was sitting in my room for a while but i think my dad might have flipped the plate and put it on the wrong way

any help greatly appreciated !!!

cheers

Mitch

[lachlanw]

did you centre teh clutch disk in the middle of the pressure plate ?

[madbung]

Are you doing an auto conversion?

If so pretty sure there's an a/t adaptor bearing that must be removed from the crankshaft for the m/t to fit.

Edited June 6, 2009 by madbung

[DamageInc]

did you centre teh clutch disk in the middle of the pressure plate ?

used an aligning tool but it didnt do a good job , pressure plate was out by 1"

Are you doing an auto conversion?

no.

[blind_elk]

Can't possibly be "out by 1 inch" after using an alignment tool.

The gearbox input shaft has to go through the driven plate. They are splined. It is probable that the splines aren't aligned correctly. Turn the input shaft a bit until the splines line up.

Also, if the shaft isn't going in absolutely straight, you will have the same problem.

[NYTSKY]

I used a second hand input shaft, went straight in after that.