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Date:         Sat, 14 May 2011 16:25:24 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Solved: Any tips on the last inch transmission mounting?
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>Putting Sally's "new" transmission on and haven't been able to get >the input shaft to enter its pilot hole. Clutch pilot tool shows >clutch centered perfectly but the closest I've been able to get the >flanges is an inch (ring gear just out of sight in the bell >housing). Does that indicate a complete miss or that the rounded >front of the shaft is entering

Mark Drillock was the first of several people to remind me that the splines on the shaft had to line up with the splines on the clutch...transmission in gear, a little tweaking of the crank pulley and in she went.

Thanks, David


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