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Originally Posted by mikeforte
Hi,
So the TKO mates all the way up to the large diameter of the bearing retainer? My experience is the Lakewood has the red paint that interfers with the bearing retainer. A half round file to knock the paint off with will make the TKO fit all the way into the bellhousing. If that doesn't work I make 1/8" spacers to go between the TKO & Lakewood bellhousing.
I hope this helps. Email me if you have other questions.
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Hi Mike, yes the shoulder on the bearing retainer goes on up into the bellhousing bell the way except for about 1/8", then hits a dead stop. We had already fit the bellhousing to the transmission on the bench and it slid on and off fine so it shouldn't be that. It really appears that the input shaft is bottoming out in the crank, but we have measured this with some excellent measuring tools 4 times and its 6.5" on boththe tranny input and on the old shaft when its fully buried out to teh bellhousing face.
