<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463485668305_4091"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463485668305_4190">The splines are probably just not exactly lined up. I always have to slightly use the bolts to pull the two together when I put a new clutch in. Also the two pieces may not exactly be in the same plane. Look at the gap all around to see if it is the same distance.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463485668305_4091"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463485668305_4091"><span><br></span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Tuesday, May 17, 2016 7:29 AM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">David,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">They should go together fairly easily. If you're against a hard stop something is amiss. I wouldn't force it. Pull the trans back off and see what's going on. There are different pilot bushes, but the ID should be the same on all of them.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Rick<br clear="none">Sent from my keyboard<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> On May 17, 2016, at 1:03 AM, David Ambrose via Spridgets <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> We're trying to mate a new transmission to a 1275 engine. After a two attempts at assembling the clutch using the clutch pilot, we were able to mostly mate the transmission to the engine. There's about 3/8 inch left. The transmission isn't going on easily and I'm wondering if we should use the bell housing bolts to pull them together or take is all apart again, and make another try.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> This is a replacement transmission of unknown parentage other than it came out of a Midget. I was wondering if the pilot bushing might be a different diameter. Were there multiple sizes?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Thanks,<br clear="none">> Dave Ambrose<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> ------------------------<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Donate: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br clear="none">> Suggested annual donation: $12.75<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Archive: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br clear="none">> Forums: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/forums" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br clear="none">> Unsubscribe/Manage: <a shape="rect" href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/refisk@chartermi.net" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/refisk@chartermi.net</a><div class="yqt7835257073" id="yqtfd61293"><br clear="none">------------------------<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Donate: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br clear="none">Suggested annual donation: $12.75<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Archive: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br clear="none">Forums: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/forums" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br clear="none">Unsubscribe/Manage: <a shape="rect" href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/lotuspilot@frontier.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/lotuspilot@frontier.com</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>