TOB Fix Install Instructions

[NWNeonMatt]

Quote: Originally Posted by tavenger5

How new is your clutch? Is the pressure plate torqued properly to the flywheel? It's odd to have the fingers of the pressure plate out that far.

It's an OEM modular clutch with 15k on it per the guy I got the trans from. It's possible the person who wrecked the car might have nuked the clutch in 15k i suppose, but seems unlikely. No torque values for me to worry about.

Not that it matters at the moment because of course i now have to pull the clutch and flexplate... turns out I should have realized the dust shields are incompatible between the older 2.4 and the SRT4 trans. Guess i'm about a week out between getting the part ordered and getting it back together.

[NemoFoss]

Quote: Originally Posted by NWNeonMatt

Bearing moved, not so much collapsed as repositioned itself. Bought me an eighth or so. Without a shim i'm still .120 preloaded. Acceptable? Well over the .020 max indicated before.

Did you trim the torx screws to clear the body of the HTob? Do that and you'll get to where you need to be..

[NWNeonMatt]

So i'm still waiting on parts (next up, proper sized flexplate!), but i found my extra room I needed.

Turns out that the SRT dust shield is exactly the extra thickness I was preloaded before. It's double the thickness of the earlier piece that was bolted on my motor, and gets me right in the ballpark. The early piece is still bolted to the motor, note how much thicker the new piece is.