HELP!! we got the motor out of the 951S.....
08-19-2007, 04:20 AM
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HELP!! we got the motor out of the 951S.....
But installing the new 12,000 motor and we cannot get the splines on the drive shaft to line up - any advice?
Pulled the motor from below and now we're having problems lining up the drive shaft on installing the new motor. Do you need to drop the front hangers on the torque tube to make it easier to line up the splines? We get it all lined up but the last 1/2" is baffling the 4 of us - all 951 owners, 3 of which have lots of experience wrenching these cars.
Any tips from past experience appreciated! Thanks in advance!
Pulled the motor from below and now we're having problems lining up the drive shaft on installing the new motor. Do you need to drop the front hangers on the torque tube to make it easier to line up the splines? We get it all lined up but the last 1/2" is baffling the 4 of us - all 951 owners, 3 of which have lots of experience wrenching these cars.
Any tips from past experience appreciated! Thanks in advance!
Last edited by Randy_J; 08-20-2007 at 01:32 AM. Reason: UPDATE!!! Solved the problem and we got the motor in
08-20-2007, 02:04 AM
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Update! We finally got the "new" 12K mile motor into the 951S today... took a while but after a frustrating long Saturday, we were able to get the "old" motor out in just 3 hours, but after 7 hours yesterday all 4 of us decided to try again today. We could not get the drive shaft to cleanly mate up with the clutch disc and into the pilot shaft bearing no matter how hard we tried. But overnight, we came to the same conclusion independently - the clutch disc must have shifted during the long 3000 mile trucking - enough to put the clutch out of alignment with the pilot bearing. Even with the pressure plate still installed, sure enough the clutch plate had shifted.
Fortunately, another buddy had a clutch alignment tool he brought to the rescue. Turned out for the better after all, as we pulled the bell housing to align the clutch, the 12K mile OEM thrust bearing was shot (probably due to a lack of lubrication over nearly 20 years of very little driving) AND one of the small springs came out in 2 pcs....
So, in the long run we were able to inspect the new motor, check the recently changed belts (they were perfect), readjusted the auto tensioner, swapped the clutches and installed new motor mounts. Then back under the car, lowered the car, jiggle/push/up/down and presto - the drive shaft slid right in and the dowels on the bell housing slid right onto the torque tube.
This time we remembered to twist / slide / position the steering shaft / universal into position too.
So in the end it all worked out - now to put the rest of the car back together...
Fortunately, another buddy had a clutch alignment tool he brought to the rescue. Turned out for the better after all, as we pulled the bell housing to align the clutch, the 12K mile OEM thrust bearing was shot (probably due to a lack of lubrication over nearly 20 years of very little driving) AND one of the small springs came out in 2 pcs....
So, in the long run we were able to inspect the new motor, check the recently changed belts (they were perfect), readjusted the auto tensioner, swapped the clutches and installed new motor mounts. Then back under the car, lowered the car, jiggle/push/up/down and presto - the drive shaft slid right in and the dowels on the bell housing slid right onto the torque tube.
This time we remembered to twist / slide / position the steering shaft / universal into position too.
So in the end it all worked out - now to put the rest of the car back together...
Last edited by Randy_J; 08-20-2007 at 02:42 AM.
