how the heck do you get the hydraulic lines on the throwout bearing?

[lutzy]

It would of been so much easier if the quicktime bellshousing was notched out so I could slide my tko600 with the throwout bearing and two hydraulic lines attached allready but thats not the case(nothing could be so easy hur?) I seems that I have to attach the hydraulic lines after the tranny is bolted in then I have to try and squeeze my fat hands in and attach them..Is this what everyone's doing? Am I missing something? It also doesnt help that I have headers in the way of the clutch fork opening..help me out here guys..I had to walk away espesially after I had everything bolted in and realized I left the pivot ball still threaded in the bellshousing and had to take the tranny out to remove it...

[lutzy]

Am I the only one here with this setup??

[68sixspeed]

I ran into something similar with my previous setup using a McLeod hyd throwout on a Richmond 6 speed, I ended up putting a 12-15" line on the throwout bearing and a coupling fitting so i could preassemble and the connection was outside the bell housing. Also I ran a remote bleeder for sanity too. Dan

[Ron in SoCal]

Originally Posted by 68sixspeed

I ran into something similar with my previous setup using a McLeod hyd throwout on a Richmond 6 speed, I ended up putting a 12-15" line on the throwout bearing and a coupling fitting so i could preassemble and the connection was outside the bell housing. Also I ran a remote bleeder for sanity too. Dan

^ This is exaclty what I did...

[intocarss]

I installed one of these set ups and it had a line already connected to the TOB that stuck out of the bell housing. Then you ran the other line to it..

It also had a 12" #4 braided bleeder line connected to it with a one way bleeder on it... I don't have any experince with this, just what I saw while installing my first one

[lutzy]

The problem is...that if I assemble the lines to the TOB it interferes with the transmission sliding into the opening of the bellhousing. There is just enough room for the TOB itself, as soon as the lines thread into the TOB they hit. I was thinking about getting my cutoff wheel and just notching the bellhousing to clear the lines coming off the TOB.

[lutzy]

Heres a video that American Powertrain made to show the install of the TOB. Fast forward to 1:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWz5e...feature=relmfu
They show installing the TOB with the bellhousing attached to the transmission. Does anyone really install the transmission with the bellhousing attached like this???im even thinking if they installed a 90 off the TOB you might be able to slide it into the bellhousing with the lines attached..

[sik68]

I ran across this too, and here may be two solutions:

1) get some 45 or 90 elbow fittings coming off of the throwout bearing, or

2) put the throwout bearing in the bellhousing first, then put the tranny in.