Mcleod install ?'s
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Mcleod install ?'s
i tried to install my mcleod ST this weekend and couldn't get the input shaft all the way through the clutch. i used the installation tool and everything lined up fine with the tool but not w/ the input shaft. i was like a quarter of an inch from getting the dowel pins in. just wondering if anyone had any tips on installing a ST?
any advice or hints would be greatly appreciated!
thanks!
any advice or hints would be greatly appreciated!
thanks!
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Re: Mcleod install ?'s
It can be a pain in the ***! Best advise I can give is to make sure the tranny is "square" to the bell housing (equal gap top, bottom, left and right); if not your input shaft may be bottoming out on the flywheel. Also apply a small amount of grease on the input shaft splines and tip.
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Re: Mcleod install ?'s
Yeah, its a pain in the ****, and the plastic tool doesn't have the tolerance or length for alignment that it should. The installation is easy if you use this method:
With an LT1/T56 clutch you can install the tranny with the pressure plate completely loose and then tighten the pressure plate down through the area where a the slave cylinder attaches. Depending on the brand, you'll have to find a combination of sockets/extensions, swivels that works best for you.
I also picked up a couple of 4" bolts and used them as guiderods. I didn't let the tranny hang on them, and i also didn't use them to draw the tranny in, just use them as guides.
With this method you will be able to slap the tranny right in saving quite a bit of time, but then it will take a little longer to tighten down the pressure plate since you will need to keep rotating the the motor to get to each pressure plate stud/nut. Be sure to tighten them in stages and in a star pattern like lug nuts.
IMO This method will save net time though over attempting tranny installation, removing, realigning clutch, attempting tranny installation, removing, cursing, realigning, attempting installation......................
Also Leave your tranny in gear to that you can use the driveshaft to rotate the input shaft and help align the splines. This is especially important for a twin disk clutch install to get the pressure plates rotationally aligned, but can help on a single disk install as well.
With an LT1/T56 clutch you can install the tranny with the pressure plate completely loose and then tighten the pressure plate down through the area where a the slave cylinder attaches. Depending on the brand, you'll have to find a combination of sockets/extensions, swivels that works best for you.
I also picked up a couple of 4" bolts and used them as guiderods. I didn't let the tranny hang on them, and i also didn't use them to draw the tranny in, just use them as guides.
With this method you will be able to slap the tranny right in saving quite a bit of time, but then it will take a little longer to tighten down the pressure plate since you will need to keep rotating the the motor to get to each pressure plate stud/nut. Be sure to tighten them in stages and in a star pattern like lug nuts.
IMO This method will save net time though over attempting tranny installation, removing, realigning clutch, attempting tranny installation, removing, cursing, realigning, attempting installation......................
Also Leave your tranny in gear to that you can use the driveshaft to rotate the input shaft and help align the splines. This is especially important for a twin disk clutch install to get the pressure plates rotationally aligned, but can help on a single disk install as well.
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