<VV> PG Install Question : Which order to install TC?

[Frank DuVal]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You should have never attempted to install the torque converter that 
way. Too many things to go wrong.

The splines have to fit exactly into the torque converter. The flex 
plate to torque converter has some slop due to the nuts that are held in 
place, but not firmly. SO, put the exact stuff together first, then the 
sloppy stuff goes together last. Once these bolts are drawn up, the slop 
will be gone and everything will be centered automatically.

Clean and lube the tit on the torque converter so it slides easily in 
and out of the crank.

Of course I know this because I tried it this way when I just R&Ied and 
engine once. Fought that thing worse than a manual input shaft! ggg

Frank DuVal


On 6/3/2014 11:27 PM, Charlie via VirtualVairs wrote:
> 140 is assembled and ready to install ~
>
> TC came out with old 110 (3 bolts were removed), as opposed to staying on
> the diff.
>
> So, I had a tough time putting the 140 back in with TC bolted to the
> triangular plate, thinking that the splines would line up (with some
> tweaking), but that never happened.
>
> I could not draw the bellhousing flush, and then the crank would not turn,
> so something's a bit too tight.
>
> I'm thinking the splines did not line up (even with a LOT of tweaking) or
> there's gremlin in there pushing back?
>
> Anyway, my theory is to pull it back out, and inset the TC into the "pilot
> bushing" hole , to make it easier to align the splines, and THEN wrap the
> bellhousing around the TC?
>
> Sound like a plan?
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Charlie