Speedy engine install

[nismothunder]

Not being a smart ass or anything but are you 100 percent sure that the imput shaft is in the correct way? Both ends should be splined and its not hard too drop the @!*% and pick it up and put it in the wrong way.

[Cuong Nguyen]

Yes it's in the right way. One end has an o ring and the other doesn't. Plus I never removed the input shaft to begin with.

[1994SEV6]

Pulled the tc out and the input shaft came out with it. Trying to free it up now which is a pain in the ass.

 

 

Plus I never removed the input shaft to begin with.

 

What is going on here?

[Cuong Nguyen]

What is going on here?

 

I did not purposely remove the input shaft for this install and if you really understood I CANNOT remove the stuck input shaft from the torque converter and put it in wrong. It probably wouldn't fit either if you switched the orientation.

[Kingman]

Stuck huh... did you force the engine to mate with the transmission at all? Coulda bound it up in there if the splines weren't seated correctly and it was forced into place, got stuck, and the only way for something to give was the input shaft detaching from the transmission. From the pic it looks like the shaft isn't even centered in the torque converter. Looks like a pretty good oops! I'd be looking for a new input shaft and torque converter.

[adamzan]

I agree with kingman. Learned the same lesson when helping install a tranny into a wd21.

[Cuong Nguyen]

Yeah it seems so. I'm going to see if brute force can separate the two.

[Kingman]

I'm sure it will... but it's probably not going to do any good if the input shaft seal is tattered (PITA to get) along with the splines.

[vagabond]

Also the input shaft slides into the clutch pack, possibly 1 or more of the clutches could have slipped out of alignment in that case the input shaft will not seat all the way into the tranny

[Cuong Nguyen]

Also the input shaft slides into the clutch pack, possibly 1 or more of the clutches could have slipped out of alignment in that case the input shaft will not seat all the way into the tranny

 

I called a transmission shop and they said it's a possibility too. I also found a piece of clutch disc inside the shaft tunnel.

 

.....and my passenger frame is tweaked inwards towards the centerline so the hole in the engine mounts don't line up. I'm about an inch off.

Edited December 30, 2011 by Cuong Nguyen

[vagabond]

I called a transmission shop and they said it's a possibility too. I also found a piece of clutch disc inside the shaft tunnel.

 

.....and my passenger frame is tweaked inwards towards the centerline so the hole in the engine mounts don't line up. I'm about an inch off.

If you found a piece of clutch disk that means a tear down,

look at it this way now's a good time to stab a 5 speed in her

[Cuong Nguyen]

If you found a piece of clutch disk that means a tear down,

look at it this way now's a good time to stab a 5 speed in her

 

I have to resolve the frame issue first before I go any further. I have to weigh my options now.

See if I can get the frame straightened. Run the transmission until it slips. Or find a clunker with straight frame and swap everything over.

[vagabond]

I called a transmission shop and they said it's a possibility too. I also found a piece of clutch disc inside the shaft tunnel.

 

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You probably have at least 1 clutch disk broken, if you try and force

the input shaft back into the tranny and bolt it and the converter back onto the engine your going to really damage the tranny