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I have skipped a couple of steps, and now that
we are almost done I will go back and add them in. |
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Trailered the
car over to get an alignment. I did not want to drive it as it has
all new tie rods, Global West arms, etc in the front. I did a tape
measure alignment and put the old shims back in the same positions
so it could be moved. Global West wants you to set the spec to
Caster drivers side 5 ½ degrees positive, Caster passenger side 5
degrees positive, Camber ½ degree negative both sides, toe 1/32 per
side with up to a total of 3/32. I had negative .6 degrees of
Camber on the left, negative .8 degrees of Camber on the right; I
had 5.4 degrees of Caster on the left, 4.9 degrees of Caster on the
right. The toe was -.13 inches on the left and -.34 on the right. It
was all put right on specs |
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Ok, Trailered the car home. Should be ready
for the road, right, WRONG. We took it for a short test drive. There
was a vibration at 45 miles per hour, and the starter sounded like
it was not shimmed correctly. I scratched my head for a while. In
the process of trying to shim the starter, I discovered that the
flex plate appeared to be in backwards. The flex plate was installed
on the engine when it arrived and I never really looked at it. To
tell the truth even if I had I probably would not have been smart
enough to notice it appeared to be in backwards. I posted a topic on
Team Chevelle.
http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134476
I had my confirmation back within minutes. |
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The confirmation
came in at about 11:00 PM Wednesday night. I knew that I would not
be able to sleep thinking about this, and I had set myself a goal of
taking the car to the FLCCC car show in Caledonia on the 25th.
By 3:00 AM Thursday Morning there were two bolts left in the
bell housing and two bolts left in the transmission mount holding
the transmission in the car. Time for bed. |
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The old flex
plate was out and on the ground by 10:30 AM. The old plate was bent.
In case you do not know, I didn’t, a flex plate has a small defend
that is meant to be turned away from the engine. When it is turned
towards the engine it does not provide a flat surface to sit against
the crankshaft. When the bolts holding the flex plate to the engine
were tighten, the flex plate was bent. |
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Well to make a
long story as short as possible (at lest for me) The new flex plate
was installed and the engine running by 9:00 PM that night.
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