Tranny install

Any tricks on getting the tranny lined up into the pilot bearing. i got the tranny lined up with the disc gears i just can not push it into the pilot bearing. it only has to go in another 1 or 1 1/2. i have a 96 4.0 and ax15.

you have to man handle it just shake it and jerk it back and forth while still pushing it in... big pain in the ass but it worked for me on my 85 2.5L 5spd.

i tried all day today. i just can not line up the input shaft and pilot bearing. And yes the pilot is the right size, i tested it before i installed it.

damn dude i really dunno then it only took me like an houre to get it in there and another hour or so to top off the fluid and get it all bolted back in.

i dont know. i pulled it out once just to check everything. and everything looked ok. i guess i will have to pull it agian, there has to be something not lining up

my friend just put his motor back in with a ax15... all the jerkin we did to it ruined the pilot bearing and he called his mechanic to help him get the motor attached... its justa bitch to do... if u can line it up close enough to get the bolts in thats fine... everything shouldline up right... but good luck man its a PITA

i only have about a 1/4 " and i can get the bolts started on the clutch housing. its just moving that 1/4" thats the bitch

xjrockrawler21 said:

i only have about a 1/4 " and i can get the bolts started on the clutch housing. its just moving that 1/4" thats the bitch

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Make sure the dowl pins (at about 3 and 9) are lined up and the the tranny and engine are on the same plane and get behind it and push and wiggle like a freak and it should go. If not there IS something wrong.

what do you mean dowl pins.

Yes, there should be two alignment pins (AKA dowel pins) that will have to be aligned to allow the tranny to slide in. What I found to be the most critical was keeping the tranny and the motor in the same plane to get the input shaft to slide in. I used two floor jacks on my XJ to allow me to adjust the fore and aft of the tranny, a tranny jack would have been a real time saver. Also, try putting the tranny in gear and turning the output shaft to relieve binding as the input shaft slides into the pilot bearing. And last, I've always found it easier to get the input shaft to slide into a pilot bushing rather than the newer style pilot bearings, which don't ever seem to last either. Good Luck

Woody