I'm doing a DX to EX tranny swap on my civic and i dropped out the old tranny already but i'm having a REALLY hard time getting the new one back in. I cant get the....ummm....not to sure whats it called but the thing sticking out of the tranny to sit in the hole of the clutch and motor. i've tried everything from using the jack to get it up there to trying but hand but i cant seem to get it to sit in there just right. Its like very very close but the spindle looking things wont go all the way inside? what am i doing wrong here? please help!! i need an answer quickly so i can finish this up. i'm getting very very frustrated!! thanks for any replys and help!!

 

That thing is the input shaft of the transmission. It's supposed to go thru the clutch plate into the pilot bearing in the flywheel.

1 - Dumb question first - since you're swapping trannys, you sure the splines in your clutch disk fit the splines of the tranny shaft?

2 - More likely - Recheck the alignment of the clutch disk in the flywheel. You may have to loosen the pressure-plate & move the clutch disk slightly to make it perfectly line up with the pilot bearing.

3 - Even if you get those right, you may want to get a helper. One of you can support the tranny with a jack or whatever, so it doesn't topple. Then the other person can pay attention to guiding it in place because he doesn't have to worry about holding it up.

 

a tranny jack helps A LOT

 

thanks for the help guys...turned out the disc was the wrong one. the store gave me a 21 spline disc and mine was a twenty.