Did I break my motor?

[doggiedoc]

did you use a lot of loctite on the flywheel bolts ? One time the clutch disc was glued to the flywheel

It was running prior to this. Good "outside of the box" thinking though!

 

[doggiedoc]

Keep us updated as to outcome please. Our shoulders are available for crying on.

Roger that.

 

[RAU03MACH]

It was running prior to this. Good "outside of the box" thinking though!

And it sounded pretty good
I think whatever you did towards the end
Your problem is there somewhere

 

[doggiedoc]

And it sounded pretty good
I think whatever you did towards the end
Your problem is there somewhere

Thanks. Hopefully just got something in a bind reinstalling the tranny. Hoping to get back to it this afternoon. Going to start by pull jno the tranny back out and see if can grnnit by hand then.

 

[RAU03MACH]

That works
When ever drastic changes happen
Always look at the last few steps first
I have learnd that many times

 

[ttocs]

sucks ya gotta pull it all back out, but it always seems to come apart/go back easier the 2nd time.

 

[white95]

Good job team. Lots of good advice here. I’m hoping you’ll have it running in no time.

 

[cobrajeff96]

Let me tell ya, I dropped the motor/trans/k-frame four times during a two month period hunting down a pretty awful screeching noise. Clearly it was the back half of the drivetrain and I thought I found the culprit the first time I dropped it. Turns out (I'm leaving out a lot of story for the sake of brevity here) that the tip of the input shaft retainer sleeve was just barely kissing the button head of the splined center section on the outer most clutch disc (and I do mean barely because it was only temperature that brought them together). It drove me insane for those couple months. But you can't give up and you can't cut the corner. Better to cry once now than to cry a thousand times later when something goes kablooey.

 

[doggiedoc]

sucks ya gotta pull it all back out, but it always seems to come apart/go back easier the 2nd time.

Very true!

 

[doggiedoc]

Almost out again.

 

[doggiedoc]

This is my solution to keep the ATF from dripping out of the pinion tail shaft.

 

[doggiedoc]

All good here! And the motor turns fine with tranny pulled!!!

So, I did not break my engine!!

 

[ttocs]

if ya need a dial gauge indicator I can send ya mine. I have only used it on my cnc one time since I got it for the trans swap

 

[lwarrior1016]

if ya need a dial gauge indicator I can send ya mine. I have only used it on my cnc one time since I got it for the trans swap

He’s got a stock bell housing, so he shouldn’t need to index it. I think that mostly applies to the quick time stuff.

 

[lwarrior1016]

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All good here! And the motor turns fine with tranny pulled!!!

So, I did not break my engine!!

Now, to find out what’s hitting…….

 

[doggiedoc]

Input shaft turns easily!

 

[doggiedoc]

I found the problem! Who can see the evidence of it in this pic?

 

[cobrajeff96]

Your bearing hath slipped out of the spring metal tines in the backside of the fork. Check to make sure the tear-drop shape in the thin stamped part of the bearing is facing opposite the radiused opening of the fork.

 

[doggiedoc]

Your bearing hath slipped out of the spring metal tines in the backside of the fork. Check to make sure the tear-drop shape in the thin stamped part of the bearing is facing opposite the radiused opening of the fork.

The bearing is oriented correctly - just in the pic it's pushed forward. The problem is quite obvious once you see it..

 

[white95]

Pivot too tall?