legacycentral bbs

so i just got my tranny and motor put back together and put in the car and i noticed that the clutch fork moves freely. is there something i need to do to get it to connect or did i install it wrong?

second: where the shifter linkage connects to the transmission joint is there a special bolt? cause the hole looks smaller than the bushing hole.

third: how important is the little spring in the linkage


with any luck ill have this thing running soon after being broken for 6 months lol

If you put the throughout bearing on the fork before mating the tranny to engine, then you just push the fork backwards until you hear and feel a spring like connection to the pressure plate. Then the fork will not move freely any more.

I think you are talking about the spring pin. I did not install it before I put it the car and then I could not get it driven in. So I used a bolt with a lock nut.

I run without the centering spring. Centers and feels fine to me.

legacylok wrote:so i just got my tranny and motor put back together and put in the car and i noticed that the clutch fork moves freely. is there something i need to do to get it to connect or did i install it wrong?

second: where the shifter linkage connects to the transmission joint is there a special bolt? cause the hole looks smaller than the bushing hole.

third: how important is the little spring in the linkage


with any luck ill have this thing running soon after being broken for 6 months lol

Please clarify whether you are talking about a turbo or non-turbo transmission.

You need the centering spring, or the shifter will be all floppy.

sorry i have a turbo tranny

1) As others have mentioned, once the engine is mated up, push the fork back into the throwout bearing ring -- it will snap in and no longer freely move.

2) Yes, it's special. You should've used a 10mm allen key to remove the cover. Then use a 6mm bolt (the one from the coil pack works well), to remove/insert the rod which the fork pivots on. To separate the tranny from the engine, this rod must be removed. During reassembly, before mounting the engine to the tranny, the throwout bearing must be placed onto the tranny snout. Then the rod must be inserted over the bearing and into the fork.

3) Yes, you'll want that return spring on the fork too. I drove w/o one for a bit, but it gets floppy.

Did you clip the throw out bearing into the pressure plate? If so, you would need to separate the engine and trans. The throw out bearing needs to be slid on the transmission snout, and the clutch fork needs to be positioned into it, and then the clutch fork pivot pin installed.

when i mated the two together the fork and the throw out bearing were installed and would slide back and forth

so that being the case it sounds like im in the clear?

if i have to pull it all out again i may have murdered some kittens


thanks for all you help

Sounds like you had it setup correctly. Did you try getting the throwout bearing snapped into the pressure plate?

That's good to hear I haven't tried it yet its been 100 degrees here and I don't feel like roasting my self in a garage haha.

You need a fan

I have to deal with near 100 degree temps with humidity all summer. I've learned to live with it WITH a fan. Without my garage fan.....it would be unbearable.

so legacylok and i are working on his car together... and last night we tried to install that shifter spring and it just did not look right is there any chance someone can take a picture for us?

Fairly sure this is where it's suppose to hook into...

ummm? no the spring we are trying to install is like half that size and is connected between the two shift rods... i will see if i can get a picture

wth my car doesn't even have that big ass spring.....

cj91legss wrote:wth my car doesn't even have that big ass spring.....

It should, the FSM has it there too.

thanks for the help guys we figured it out (with a little help from the junk yard) lol. we had a piece upside down so the spring wouldn't fit

Was it the shift linkage centering spring under the car?

yeah the the joint was on upside down so the spring didn't fit