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Can't get T5 to seat completely to Bell housing

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90silverstang

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I have a centerforce II clutch with corresponding disc, this is a 347 stroker crank w/ new pilot bearing,new fork, release bearing, flywheel and pivot ball.
I can get the t5 through the splines of the disk but the rear bearing retainer housing won't seat to the bell housing. Its about 3/16" away from the bellhousing.
I have taken the bell housing off to see how it fits onto the T5 and its ok.
I put the clutch disk onto the input shaft splines ant its good.
I used the alignment tool when I put the clutch on the flywheel. -- Looks good
I don't want to put this engine in the car until I can get this T5 problem figured out, any help will be appreciated.
 
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can you pull the bell housing and clutch and pick the tranny up and see if the inputshaft is going all the way into the pilot bearing?
 

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Thanks for the reply,
I got the T5 to seat on the bellhousing. I released the clutch as my buddy pushed the tranny in and it seated all the way. I guess the clutch disk wasn't totally aligned with the pilot bearing.
 

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The cheap plastic alignment tools aren't all that great. Sometimes they just don't work right as you found out.
 
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Im having the same problem 347 scatt crank zoom clutch new poilt bearing please help
 

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wes 1977 said:
Im having the same problem 347 scatt crank zoom clutch new poilt bearing please help
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use a c-clamp on the clutch fork to disengage the clutch, this should make the trans easier to slide in
 

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Yup, depress the clutch when your as far as you can go and then it should pop right into place.
 
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