427 FE and TKO 600 mating Question

[RICK LAKE]

elmariachi There is a note about using GM trans with 26 spline input in FE motors. You have to remove .300" for the trans to bolt up to the bellhousing flush. If not will damage the thrust bearing in the motor. I had mine machined off because of the heat that cutting the input shaft would get. Sometimes you have to tap the clutch because the disc is not centered and binds when installing the trans. Rick L Ps gald you didn't pull the trans flush to the bellhousing with the 4 bolts. Have seen this happen more than once.

[mikeforte]

Hi,
I make a .125" aluminum spacer plate that fits between the bellhousing and the TKO. It can be slotted so it can slip it in with the TKO installed. No transmission removal needed.... hummm

[elmariachi]

Originally Posted by RICK LAKE

elmariachi There is a note about using GM trans with 26 spline input in FE motors. You have to remove .300" for the trans to bolt up to the bellhousing flush. If not will damage the thrust bearing in the motor. I had mine machined off because of the heat that cutting the input shaft would get. Sometimes you have to tap the clutch because the disc is not centered and binds when installing the trans. Rick L Ps gald you didn't pull the trans flush to the bellhousing with the 4 bolts. Have seen this happen more than once.

Thanks Rick. I had read through most of the posts and couldn't find anything here on CC that said 100% conclusively it HAD to be done. Nonetheless, mine needed it so we machined 3/16ths off of the tip of the shaft and it slid in and bottom out on the first stab.

I specifically recalled your thread where you said to NOT pull them together with the mounting bolts, and we didn't. She's all mated up now and in the car, waiting only on a distributor part to arrive via FedEx today.

[RICK LAKE]

elmariachi Gald it went together for you. Rick