Can a torque converter line up with the flexplate?
No, The converter has to be fully seated in the transmission pump and it has to line up with the flexplate during installation. The converter will not free wheel once the trans is installed. The best way to line it up as by index marks on the block and trans case. It will get you close enough.
Can a torque converter free wheel during trans installation?
NO RAGRETS!!! No, The converter has to be fully seated in the transmission pump and it has to line up with the flexplate during installation. The converter will not free wheel once the trans is installed. The best way to line it up as by index marks on the block and trans case.
How to line up a torque converter to a flywheel?
When you bolt it to the the flywheel, it will pull out the necessary amount. These guys are all right on the money. Convertor all the way back until the trans is bolted up. There should be a gap between the convertor and the flywheel before you bolt them together. After you bolt it up slide up and grab the lower blower pulley.
How do you put a converter in a car?
Then get the engine about 1/2″ away, get 1 long trans bolt on each side started to draw it close. Once the flexplate is just touching the converter, rotate the engine over and the studs slide against the flex plate then should pop into the holes once it lines up, then tighten the trans bolts and draw it the rest of the way together.
How big should the flex plate be on a torque converter?
The converter should be between 1/8″ and 3/8″ back from the flex plate when it is bottomed out in the pump. And the pilot of the converter should not fit the crankshaft so tight as to make turning the converter that difficult. Either the torque converter is not all the way back in the pump, or you have one or more incorrect parts.
NO RAGRETS!!! No, The converter has to be fully seated in the transmission pump and it has to line up with the flexplate during installation. The converter will not free wheel once the trans is installed. The best way to line it up as by index marks on the block and trans case.
When you bolt it to the the flywheel, it will pull out the necessary amount. These guys are all right on the money. Convertor all the way back until the trans is bolted up. There should be a gap between the convertor and the flywheel before you bolt them together. After you bolt it up slide up and grab the lower blower pulley.
Then get the engine about 1/2″ away, get 1 long trans bolt on each side started to draw it close. Once the flexplate is just touching the converter, rotate the engine over and the studs slide against the flex plate then should pop into the holes once it lines up, then tighten the trans bolts and draw it the rest of the way together.