Greetings everyone,
Looking for some advice here on my 1988 5.7 Alpha one and drive.
I changed my gimbal bearing as well as my bellows,shift cable,water pump ect and for the life of me when I attempt to install the drive I cannot get it on past the last inch.
I know everybody will think that it's the o rings. It's not, I removed them to see if would go all the way in and it still the same issue.
And yes, I saw achris' video on youtube about installing the alpha one drive. (nice job by the way)
I think I know the answer to this but before I order the alignment tool, is this problem possibly due to me changing the gimbal bearing and not checking/correcting the alignment? I would have thought that the new bearing is in a fixed set position and no adjustment would be needed.
I know the bearing rotates on both axis's (the name gimble gives that away) I would assume once the shaft is in the motor and sliding in the bearing it would position itself where it needed to be.
The only thing that I changed in that general area was the bearing so I assume it would have to be that issue.
I am just looking for some past experience here. What am I missing or is it as simple as ordering the alignment tool and adjusting everything around the gimble bearing till it slides in?
Looking for some advice here on my 1988 5.7 Alpha one and drive.
I changed my gimbal bearing as well as my bellows,shift cable,water pump ect and for the life of me when I attempt to install the drive I cannot get it on past the last inch.
I know everybody will think that it's the o rings. It's not, I removed them to see if would go all the way in and it still the same issue.
And yes, I saw achris' video on youtube about installing the alpha one drive. (nice job by the way)
I think I know the answer to this but before I order the alignment tool, is this problem possibly due to me changing the gimbal bearing and not checking/correcting the alignment? I would have thought that the new bearing is in a fixed set position and no adjustment would be needed.
I know the bearing rotates on both axis's (the name gimble gives that away) I would assume once the shaft is in the motor and sliding in the bearing it would position itself where it needed to be.
The only thing that I changed in that general area was the bearing so I assume it would have to be that issue.
I am just looking for some past experience here. What am I missing or is it as simple as ordering the alignment tool and adjusting everything around the gimble bearing till it slides in?