Trouble Installing 18 spline A-833 through dual disc clutch assy.

CRUZE 418 said

So you are saying that when the engine was on the floor, you successfully installed the trans all the way? Had my engine out of my '69 a few weeks back, trans stayed in car. Done this several times, but could not get the engine back in place. Alignment tool went in just fine. Pulled the engine back out for the 3rd time, borrowed a spare trans from my friend, it wouldn't go in on the floor. So apart for the 3rd time. From trying to install by my self, I had the angle off, though I had looked at it umpteen times. The input shaft had boogered the splines from incorrect angle. Took a 3 sided file and corrected the leading edge of the splines as good as I could, trans went right in.

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Yeah, I made the assumption they had checked the fit of the discs on the splines. If that wasn’t done it needs to be done first.

I got burned by that once too. It was Super Bowl Sunday and my buddy had one day, just ONE to get the couch changed out.

So I figured I’d get there early, about 1000 hours, bang it out and watch the game. No wait…that car was a 3 speed and we changed out the box to a 4 speed and changed the clutch. So it was both.

Anyway, it was a day long beeotch. We had to listen to the game on the radio. At least the Raiders won.

The upshot is we had that gear box in there at least 20 tries. I was only 16 and it was about my third clutch change and the first transmission change. So I had to swallow my pride and call my dad to see if he’d come by and help us get it in.

He said I will come over but it’s 50 bucks. I’ll like WTF??? He said “did you slide the disc on the input to make SURE it slides on??? Nope I said.

So we pull that junk back out and sure enough the disc wouldn’t slide on with a big hammer. Both the disc and the input had boogers on them.

A short time with the file and we had it back together.

I never do a clutch without sliding the disc on the input. And that was over 44 years ago.