transmission problem

[jin3001]

97 240sx w/sr and auto to manual swap.finally got the car running,checked all fluids and started off driving,noticed a slight slipping in third drove a little more slipping worse now in second waited at a light ,could barely get moving again.got back to the house and checked all fluids again, clutch master cylinder, all tuber and hoses leading to the transmission this took about 30 -45 min.all good.started car up it moves again but when i start driving it starts to slip again as if the hotter it get the more it slips .could the clutch be going out?

[Eikon]

Did you properly install a new manual trans pilot bushing?

[jin3001]

i do not know.a local shop said they installed a new clutch kit but looks like it was never done.no marks on bolts on bell housing. would the bushing cause this problem ?it does not smell like burnt clutch.no smell at all.what does this bushing do?

[Eikon]

just inside the flywheel, you need to have a bushing there to stabalize and hold the output shaft of the transmission.

The bushing is a little copper or brass ring about the diameter of a wedding ring.. actually much like a wedding ring... only much deeper... like 6 wedding rings stacked up.

The reason for the bushing is to keep everything stable and properly aligned. If the output shaft get's out of alignment, it will not engage the clutch properly.

If you don't have a pilot bushing... when things get out of whack, you will hear a grinding sound..

What kind of noises to you hear?Anything strange at all???

[jin3001]

somtimes i hear a little chattering, not loud, but it comes and goes.when the car was really having troubl e moving ther were no sounds or smells.is this a symptomof pilot bushing failure.could it be a bad clutch? can i purchase these bushing seperate or do they just come in clutch kits?