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Well, I have been working on installing a SouthBend 3600DD and everything was going smooth until I tried bolting the transmission back up. It comes about an INCH from bumping up flush! Tried everything to get it to go in the rest of the way with no luck. Rechecked my alignment and all the parts. Everything seems to be correct.
Any help fellas??? I'm pissed, frustrated, disappointed, and don't know what esle to try.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDIT: I finally got it on guys! Thanks for all the help!
You're sure you're going straight in and not hanging in the rear? And did you try turning the flywheel a little bit? I'm sure you've done this, but just trying to help......
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Yea, it looks like it's going in straight. The clearance is even all the way around the housing and I tried slowly turning the flywheel as we were trying to push it in, but no luck...
had a heck of a time with mine too, if you used an alignment tool you should be good there, so just wiggle it back and forth left and right, up and down and it will hofefully go I had to get pretty rough with mine to get it in all the way they hang up easy on the top there is not much room
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Alright thanks.
We fought it yesterday afternoon and this afternoon and could only get within about an inch. I even slightly jacked up on the front of the motor so the back end tilted down to give us a little more room. I'll keep trying, just wondering if everyone has this trouble.
That sucks. Are you using a transmission jack? Almost sounds like the pilot bushing isnt lining up with the input shaft. I feel for you we pulled the 5 sp trans in the 97 diesel that was one heavy trans. The beauty with a transmission jack fine tuning.
Question did you tie up the slave cylinder assembly that presses on the clutch fork? Just a thought we had issues with that interfering with install.
Alright thanks.
We fought it yesterday afternoon and this afternoon and could only get within about an inch. I even slightly jacked up on the front of the motor so the back end tilted down to give us a little more room. I'll keep trying, just wondering if everyone has this trouble.
Sometimes what I'll do when it gets close enough is thread a couple of bolts and turn them a bit to see if she pulls together. Be very very careful though. If they turn really hard, you better stop. Also, as stated before, have one guy turning the flywheel and simultaneously have another guy rocking the tranny until it hopefully slips in.
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Tell you what guys.....he has tried everything yall are throwing at him. I have been on the phone with him most the day giving him some suggestions and still a no go. Talk about a PITA! He has threaded some bolts but they get to the point to where you don't wanna take it no more.......
That sucks. Are you using a transmission jack? Almost sounds like the pilot bushing isnt lining up with the input shaft. I feel for you we pulled the 5 sp trans in the 97 diesel that was one heavy trans. The beauty with a transmission jack fine tuning.
Question did you tie up the slave cylinder assembly that presses on the clutch fork? Just a thought we had issues with that interfering with install.
Good luck man you will get it
I'm using a floor jack, but thinking about renting a tranny jack now. And yea, I got the slave cylinder out of the way. Thanks, I'll keep on trying!
Thats alot of weight for a floor jack. Scary I bet. Once you use a trans jack you will never go back. Go online check around. If I was you I would drop the trans and start over just double check every thing lines up with the clutch disc where it sits. (line up tool)
what I did was have the back end down alittle and the clutch side up and stab it that way but it is not close to lined up so jack it up alittle bit try to use you feet to kinda kick and push and jack it up a little more and just keep doing that till it gets straight and goes in, that worked pretty good for me
__________________ -Nic - Idaho Oil Burners President Idaho Chapter 2009/ 3500/ Laramie/ Mega Cab/ Electric Blue/ Blackmaxx MCC tuned/ATS Stage 6 48re/ TS Mp8/ 5" Tbe With 8" Stack/ 66-74-14/ Pdi manifold/ 50% over nozzles/ H&S Intake Horn And Boost Tube/ Afe stage 2 CAI/ Stage 1 Cp3/ GDP Maximizer Kit/ Shaved,Flycut,Coated Pistons/ A1-H11 Headstuds/ GDP CCV Kit/ 8" Lift/ 37" Toyos. 648 hp 1351 tq uncorrected
1996 12v 2.8 puller "dominate this"
R.I.P. Tucker
Mine did the same I had tran jack in the center of trans and floor jack under transfer had trany strapped to trans jack and a ratchet strap on trans jack to front of truck to hold tension so I could pickup rear of transfer and wiggle while pushing and having someone work ratchet it's tough and took us a bit
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Clutch Install Help!!!
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