A833 Installation Opinion
I don't know how young ya'all are. If you are doing this "on a floor" and have a floor jack, and if the jack hasn't got a decent size "cup" fab one up to cradle the box. You can move the box around a bit to tilt it.
PUT THE BOX into reverse and any forward gear you can get it into. This will allow you to wiggle the box, and engage the splines.
4 bolts? Really. Have you ACTUALLY done this? I've TRIED. I've never got this to WORK. Even in a RR with "lots of room," there isn't room to get that big box onto 4 big pins sticking out of the bell.
I've had BETTER luck with only ONE alignment pin, and you want a SMOOTH one, not threaded rod. You want something that you can slide the box onto. I got a long bolt (been years, 8"? long, and sawed the head off and SLOTTED the end for a screwdriver so I can screw and remove it if bound up.
This ONE pin will allow you to take much of the weight off "you" but will still leave the box "flexible" so you can "wiggle" it and move it and get the splines engaged.
Then, when you get the opposite corner "from the pin" "close," use a fairly long bolt in that corner, perhaps 4" or so long to just "throw in there" quickly. This will provide additional alignment if needed.
I used to be a scrawny sombich and I used to be able to pull this off.................
I don't know how young ya'all are. If you are doing this "on a floor" and have a floor jack, and if the jack hasn't got a decent size "cup" fab one up to cradle the box. You can move the box around a bit to tilt it.
PUT THE BOX into reverse and any forward gear you can get it into. This will allow you to wiggle the box, and engage the splines.
4 bolts? Really. Have you ACTUALLY done this? I've TRIED. I've never got this to WORK. Even in a RR with "lots of room," there isn't room to get that big box onto 4 big pins sticking out of the bell.
I've had BETTER luck with only ONE alignment pin, and you want a SMOOTH one, not threaded rod. You want something that you can slide the box onto. I got a long bolt (been years, 8"? long, and sawed the head off and SLOTTED the end for a screwdriver so I can screw and remove it if bound up.
This ONE pin will allow you to take much of the weight off "you" but will still leave the box "flexible" so you can "wiggle" it and move it and get the splines engaged.
Then, when you get the opposite corner "from the pin" "close," use a fairly long bolt in that corner, perhaps 4" or so long to just "throw in there" quickly. This will provide additional alignment if needed.
I used to be a scrawny sombich and I used to be able to pull this off.................