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I feel as though everyone who has removed and reinstalled their transmission knows some things I haven't learned yet. After pulling the transmission and transfer case to replace my rear main and reseal all the leaking things, I'm having a hell of a time getting it to fully seat back in the motor.
It was close at least 3 different attempts, but I always get stopped about a 3/4" from being fully docked. It seems as though the clutch disc becomes misaligned and I'm not able to seat the end of the input shaft into the pilot bearing (I even realigned it a few times). Is there some type of trick that I'm not doing or do I keep banging on it until I'm finally lucky enough to have it slide in?
For reference, I'm installing it via a tranny jack from underneath. Any advice would be welcome, I'm throwing in the towel for the day, but will regroup and get after it again tomorrow.
It was close at least 3 different attempts, but I always get stopped about a 3/4" from being fully docked. It seems as though the clutch disc becomes misaligned and I'm not able to seat the end of the input shaft into the pilot bearing (I even realigned it a few times). Is there some type of trick that I'm not doing or do I keep banging on it until I'm finally lucky enough to have it slide in?
For reference, I'm installing it via a tranny jack from underneath. Any advice would be welcome, I'm throwing in the towel for the day, but will regroup and get after it again tomorrow.