need drivetrain help asap!
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From: dudley MA
need drivetrain help asap!
ok heres the deal. i have a 6sp. i put in a new transmition and new rearend. put the car all back together. i put the car in first gear. i go to tighten the crank pulley and its still spinning, but the rear wheels are locked. ok so i figure i broke the torque tube then. i tear the car apart again. take out the torque tube and its not broke. i look at the clutch it looks good, but i didnt remove it. i have someone turn the crank and the clutch and flywheel are spinning. the pilot bearing also looks good. any1 tell me wtf is wrong here. i dont want to put this car back together again and have it broke. im on my last straw 
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From: dudley MA
when i had the car together. i put it in gear and the rear tires would not spin . when i took the car out of gear they would spin. so i figured the new rear and tranny were ok. actually i spun the tranny output shaft and the rearend outputs are both spinning so that looks to be ok.the torque tube is not broke cause im spinning the rod and it spins on both sides. i didnt want to pull the clutch because the LG long tubes are in the way and will be a bitch to get out of the way. but if i have to pull the clutch i will. but if i remove the clutch the flywheel will need to be resurfaced right? what a mess
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From: dudley MA
Originally Posted by TT_Vert
That is odd. If you spin the motor over out of gear it all spings but its locked in gear??
dave
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but you take it out of gear and it spins?? Are you sure you have the shifter rod/shifter alignment right? There is a pin you use to align the rod after you've removed that rod from the shifter base when separating trans from torque tube.
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From: dudley MA
when i take it out of gear everything spins free. i would think thats ok since when i put the car in gear the rear locks up. i dont have the stock shifter so the neutral pin lock doesnt matter. when i slide the shift rod back through the torque tube to the shifter it lined up ok. i shifted the the car through the gears and it shifted ok. maybe im doing something wrong installing that rod?? but why would the rear lock when in gear and the crank spin? i hate to pull the clutch out. everything looks ok on the clutch. the flywheel and clutch spin together when i spin the crank. thje pilot bearing looks good also
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From: dudley MA
Originally Posted by TT_Vert
by tires being locked do you mean they wont even spin if you were to spin them by hand? Or they just dont rotate when tuning the balancer?
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From: Streamwood illinois
the only thing i can get of is that the rod is off. When you think you are putting it in gear, its actually in neutral and thats why the tires dont spin. And when you think you are in neutral you are actually in gear causing tires to spin w/ crank rotation.
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From: dudley MA
the last thing i can think of is the clutch is broke. i looks good from the outside but i guess ill have to rip it apart tomorrow. i dont look forward to that with those headers in the way 
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From: dudley MA
Originally Posted by TT_Vert
the only thing i can get of is that the rod is off. When you think you are putting it in gear, its actually in neutral and thats why the tires dont spin. And when you think you are in neutral you are actually in gear causing tires to spin w/ crank rotation.
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i doubt its something in the clutch because if it was the clutch it would always do the same thing regarless of gear its in. You can manipulate the problem by shifting gears.
Dave
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