Tom M'Guinn

I am changing clutches (again) and would like to hear from those who have notched the bell housing for speed and reference sensors. I'm curious if it makes reassembly easier? I ask because it takes some jockeying to get the bell housing on and in place (with the fork on the throw-out, etc.) so wonder how feasible it really is to install the sensors and bracket before the bell housing, even when the housing is notched? Does it become a Rubix Cube to reassemble that way, or not so bad? Thanks in advance...

67King

YES!!!!!!! Makes life MUCH easier. Plus you can easily gap them with a feeler gauge, rather than by the service manual method.

David Floyd

I feel like it is worth notching, done a couple clutch changes and it was nice not having to remove the S&R sensors

What clutch are you going with?

Thom

Though I have never tried to adjust the sensors in situ I can't quite believe how notching the bellhousing could not make life far easier.

I adjusted the sensors with a feeler gauge with the engine out and the sensors did not hit anything as I lowered the engine in the bay.

Techno Duck

The ability to gap the sensors with the bell housing off alone is worth it i think, takes all of 5 minutes with a whiz wheel to do. Getting the speed / reference sensors out probably added 2 hours onto my clutch job. Mostly because i have no idea when they were last removed. Probably wouldnt be an issue now, but one last thing that has to come off the car.

reno808

Its a must i dont know the reason why Porsche did not do this. I stripped the bolt the hold the ref sensor and what a mess. do it.

Bill

Any pics of this mod?

Techno Duck

Gapping sensors the easy way..

blown 944

Yes

gpr8er

Hey Tom how about elaborating on the clutch. I believe you had a Southbend setup in your car? Obviously had an issue, what are you going with now?

C ANDERSON

Do it . Much easier to do clutch and way easier to set the sensors

mtnman82

+1 - I see no reason not to do it (and I did it).

Darwantae951

Or you could go standalone

alxdgr8

+1

Tom M'Guinn

Ok I guess I will do it. It just seems like there is already a bunch of stuff you have to navigate around to get the bell housing on-- and I was worried getting the sensors into the notch would be just one more thing for the bell housing to hang up on. But if others have slid a notched bell housing over installed sensors while the motor is in the car (right?) then I'll go for it.