Flywheel Exposed?

[mRodiek]

I posted in the KA forum but I dont think it gets enough traffic and I gotta solve this now.

I am in the middle of a horendous 5 speed swap and the bottom of the flywheel is still exposed when I bolted everything up which is obviously wrong. What is supposed to go there? I have the plates from my auto trans & the top one might fit but the bottom definately wont.

Any insight?

[breadbox]

you need those brackets off a 5speed, the auto ones don't work.

[biggie]

Shouldn't have anything to do with brackets. Its the plate that goes between the flywheel and engine.

[breadbox]

^Good Call, Biggie, I usually forget about that.^
Things you need for a 5speed swap.

trans/crossmember/driveshaft
gussets(brackets from motor to trans)
Clutch master cylinder/pedal/hardline
flywheel/clutch/dustshield
and all the bolts pretty much too.

Brake pedal if you'd like

[mRodiek]

Yeah when doing research for the swap NO WHERE & NO ONE lists the gussets or dustshield. s***.

I think I might do a more detailed write up because even the ones on here lack working photos and leave out a bunch of stuff.

There are 2 peices to the dustshield right? Top & bottom?

[costa_rican13]

what if we dont have those??... or those bolts.. cause i dont...

[zerepdivad]

I manual swapped my old daily driver and i didn't have that there. Only reason was because i didn't want to wait to order one because it was my daily and it had to be done in a day. Drove it without issues for 2 years and even in the winter time.

[breadbox]

The auto one is 2 piece. the manual one is a single sheet of metal.

[breadbox]

if you don't have the gussets I get it could stress other parts of the bellhousing more.

[mRodiek]

Yeah Id be Worried about a rock or something flying up there, junkyards are bare so looks like Ill be ordering from nissan...sigh

[Dittoz7]

So what are we talking about in this thread?

Are you missing the gussets or the trans dust shield?

[breadbox]

Im guessing both.

[Dittoz7]

anyone got any pictures of the gussets to show?
never really heard of them.

[mRodiek]

I am missing both, which means the trans is held on by 5 bolts, including the starter bolts.

I may have to run with it like this & pray nothing happens until I can get the parts and then take it back apart again.

[mRodiek]

There is one gusset in this picture, its the bracket on the right

[breadbox]

FYI, to install dusty shield you need to take off the flywheel. or try to modify the auto dust shield to fill that space.

[mRodiek]

Thanks bb. f*** that lol

Ive been looking at ways to modify the lower peice of the auto one and I think that Ill try that. Ill post in here if/when I figure somethin out.

BTW West Covina Nissan said it would be $90 for the gussets/shield, but they dont carry the gussets anymore.

[allenms240]

I've been driving without my cover for a good while now. I was just too lazy to take apart the motor/transmission to put it on. I've been fine driving it. However I would highly recommend the gussets as explained.

[matt_240sx]

Good thing I read this before I started my 5-speed swap lol.

[j240sxxx]

This is what the 5 speed dust shield looks like .. dont pay 90 bucks for one look for part outs or something. i sold my last one for 15 bucks save some money bro! good luck

[Chris28]

I drove mine for over a year with just the auto dust cover, nothing bad happened. If everything is already installed don't worry about it.