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I bought a '98 ka that was an auto for my '93 240sx with blown motor. On the back of the crank where the flywheel bolts up, there is a hole with some type of brass fitting in it on my old motor. The new motor has the hole but no fitting. Anyone know what this is and if I'll need it? Also my new motor didn't have an alignment peg where the bellhousing bolts up at the top. Will I need that either?
Phlip
10-31-2004, 09:12 AM
I understand that there is a different bearing/bushing or whatever the fuck it is called on the rear of an auto engine, compared to a 5-speed one... I was lucky enough to have gotten an engine that was initially 5-speed for my engine/driveline swap so this wasn't a question I had to ask exactly.
240dreamer
10-31-2004, 10:17 AM
That little brass fitting is the pilot bearing. Yes you need it.
Phlip
10-31-2004, 10:59 AM
^^^ Oh shit, now I feel like a DUMBass, PILOT BUSHING!!! Yeah you need it, in fact you need to go down to nissan and give them 10 bucks for a new one, as you should everytime you remove/change the clutch.
Thanks a lot guys. What should I do about the alignment stud, try and yank the other one out or get a new one? Anyone ever had to do this?
Phlip
10-31-2004, 05:07 PM
If you are getting another clutch kit, it should also include a clutch alignment tool, and if you aren't, another one shouldn't be terribly expensive.
orion::S14
10-31-2004, 07:45 PM
I think he means the alignment stud for the flywheel...it's pressed into the crank.
You'll need to get a new one.
- Brian
Phlip
10-31-2004, 07:48 PM
I think he means the alignment stud for the flywheel...it's pressed into the crank.
You'll need to get a new one.
- Brian
Cool, and in such case, that would be the "thing" that I was speaking of earlier, different from the auto to 5-speed.
The alignment "stud" I was talking about is what would align the top part of the bellhousing on the back of the engine. Also, I think what I am looking for is the alignment stud for the crank. It's pressed into a small hole in between some of the bolt holes for the flywheel bolts. Can anyone confirm? I tried pulling them out of the other motor after applying some loosening fluid and they didn't wanna come out.
crioten
11-01-2004, 01:06 AM
the pilot bushing sometimes comes with clutch kits...
Phlip
11-01-2004, 04:41 AM
Also, I think what I am looking for is the alignment stud for the crank. It's pressed into a small hole in between some of the bolt holes for the flywheel bolts. Can anyone confirm? I tried pulling them out of the other motor after applying some loosening fluid and they didn't wanna come out.
"Pulling out" a pilot bushing is nearly fuggin impossible, I have never seen it done... On anything. It's brass, break it out of there and put the new one in.
crioten
11-01-2004, 08:02 AM
"Pulling out" a pilot bushing is nearly fuggin impossible, I have never seen it done... On anything. It's brass, break it out of there and put the new one in.
thats why they have slide hammers, i got mine out :)
autozone rents them
Yes guys, I am replacing the pilot bearing tomorrow as it came with my clutch kit. I will be renting a slide hammer to do it. Also, I need to know if the alignment stud is really necessary. I read that it is there so you put the flywheel on the correct way. Is there anyway to pull it out of the other motor if I need it?
orion::S14
11-01-2004, 09:49 PM
Alignment pin for the flywheel is not "necessary"...
If you don't use it, just line the flywheel up with the hole in the crank where the pin should be.
- Brian
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