Pilot bearing FROZE on input shaft... *HUGE PICS*

[alpalwal]

I put my new motor in my 240sx (KA) and after a couple hundred miles the clutch stopped engaging and everything just basically was completely ****ed.

I decided to drop the transmission only to find it would not come off.. like any more than a half inch. I even tried using a comealong with a chain hooked from my tow hook to the transmission. Still nothing

Finally I said **** it and busted out the sawzall and oxy acetalyene and went to town.

When I finally got the transmission out, I found that it was the pilot bearing frozen on the input shaft.

Looking back, I don't think I put grease on the end of the input shaft.. could that have done it? I just really don't want to repeat this problem again because trannys aren't that cheap.

[dickie]

wow.

[nissanman04]

yeah the lack of grease prolly had a lot to do with it. cool pics tho lol...

[217zenki]

wtf

[boznuttz]

yeah, you NEED lithium grease for that, i must have used half the tube just to make sure the pb and shaft were well lubricated. so sorry to see that, ouch.

[tonynalli]

yes grease was probably the culprit. did you manage to damage the actual transmission or only the bellhousing..cause to be honest with you. all you would need to do is replace the input shaft and cover the hole on the housing and reuse it

[SR20Essex]

I did my transmission recently and I used mobil-1 synthetic grease, it was only rated to 350degrees; your making me think I should have used some high temp grease instead, something rated to 550+.

[alpalwal]

ok.. well I didn't use any..... so that probably f'ed me. the ****ty part about it was I got rid of a spare transmission 2 weeks before this... but ya.. I could just change input shafts and bellhousings.. o well. I'll put it all back together over thanksgiving.. I'll let you all know how it goes.

[adrianfromthecastle]

[S0lid_Snake]

WOW! thats nuts. next time use some lube

[Poor_S13_Driver]

^^^^ your car and girlfriend will appreciate that

[boznuttz]

cough.....WHITE LITHIUM GREASE.

[S13 240SX]

dude ur f*cking nuts!!! i would of never did that to my transmission!!!!!

if i had that trouble... I would of just pulled the engine out with the transmission bolted to the block and then i would of tried to pull the transmission off the block with both out of the car...

damn your nuts!!!!!

[alpalwal]

if anything.. having the engine and transmission out would have made it even harder... the comealong pulled so hard on the transmission that the whole chassis flexed.. There really was no other way about it.

[boj240]

wow.

wow x 2

[Beazle]

I was under the impression that if the pilot bearing was of the lead impregnated bronze variety you didn't need to use grease. And that the use of grease actualy hinders the bearings effectiveness.

[r34 gtr]

holy crap that is the coolest thing i have seen in a long time. my hat is off to you and your awesome transmission pulling skills sire.

also, i never used any grease when i did my clutch several years back, and it has never given me a problem. in fact, i have disassembled and re-assembled the clutch/transmission several times since then and never used any grease.

[574-240sx]

Was the motor originally an auto because that looks like a torque converter bushing that is pressed into the crank. You were suppose to take that off and not use it.

[boznuttz]

if it was, i dont think he would have been able to get the flywheel on properly in the first place....hrm...

[574-240sx]

if it was, i dont think he would have been able to get the flywheel on properly in the first place....hrm...

True but you never know. I'm pretty sure thats what that is.

[spider_slayer]

thats prety badass......your hard core man.

[alpalwal]

mother ****.. ya.. it was an auto.. I bet you're right. so now to get it running normally I just need to get the manual pilot bearing?

[irocknrol2]

Actually, NO, grease or lack of it did not do that to your pilot bearing. That bearing is in the wrong place for a manual transmission, its to far up on the input shaft.

[574-240sx]

mother ****.. ya.. it was an auto.. I bet you're right. so now to get it running normally I just need to get the manual pilot bearing?

Yeah you were suppose to pull the automatic torque converter bushing out. I'm not even sure how you even squeezed the input shaft through there. You should get a hold of a manual one and put it on there.

[boznuttz]

well look at it this way... when i did my transmission swap, getting that bastard out took the most time, lol. i had to drill at it liek hell, and i broke 2 pullers. looks liek you found another way, lol

[alpalwal]

hehe.. talk about glass half fulll....

[R6_240sx]

^^^^ your car and girlfriend will appreciate that

[boznuttz]

thats what i felt like doin to my auto transmission when it sliced my hand open... actually, i think ill bask it up a bit a sell it to a scrap metal yard for cash.

[TougeMS13]

Finally I said **** it and busted out the sawzall and oxy acetalyene and went to town.

Almost sig worthy. Good job getting that hooker out.

[Darius]

I must say that you have huge balls to take a sawzall to your transmission's bell housing! I cringe at the idea of it. Good thing there's no shortage of bell housings.