Antonio

I’m in the process of replacing my clutch and I have run into a strange situation. After the new clutch disk and pressure plate were installed, the torque tube seems to fit a bit tighter between the clutch cover housing and the transaxle bell housing than before. The torque tube shaft and the transmission shaft at the clamping sleeve are about 1/8 inch closer then before. Logically, this would point to the torque tube shaft not being all they way inside the pilot bearing.

Has anyone else seen this problem? Am I risking catastrophic failure if I try run the car like this?

Thanks…

ivai

The torque tube shaft can slide around a bit.. I had to use a hammer and a piece of wood to correct it. Also, the clamping sleeve bolts shouldn't fit unless the drive shaft is correctly positioned, + or - an insignificant amount of play. (.020" or so)

Antonio

Thank you for the input Jeff. I tried the hammer and wood approach but the shaft just wouldn't budge. The clamping sleeve bolts fitted but only just. I used the bolts on either side of the torque tube to mate the surfaces together. I'm not comfortable with this. I'm leaning towards taking everything apart again.

hally

so how did it end up Antonio?