[Pete Munroe]

Clois,

Good pictures, 90 degree fittings and pedestals look a little different than the one I got, but maybe the design has changed a little...but I last saw mine a year ago...hope it is never out again!

I will guess the aluminum fly wheel HAS to be thicker than the steel to provide adequate strength, but that would have caught me by surprise too.

OH, just reread all your posts, should have done that before rattling off a response.

Yes, I think the collar can be trimmed from the TRANS side, the clearance you need, plus some...I used 0.18 for the clearance

It looks like the collar is long enough that it would not be unstable if it ws shortened 0.30 or so, but check with McCleod...it may be difficult to adjust if the flats don't stick up high enough to turn the thing.

My Tremec/289 clutch assembly uses the treaded adjusting collar you show and an additional spacer, (no threads, slip on) sleeve about 5/8 tall.

With the new taller main housing we had to cut down the spacer to get enough room for the threaded collar to be adjusted. I guess we ended up with about 0.300 total room available, maybe more, so the spacer collar got cut in half...will look for my notes, maybe with the original directions.

On your FE/toploader it appears no collar is used, and as the new housing is taller, maybe the threaded collar is too long.

If you DO trim it, do it at the outer end as the threaded are special locking threads, tapered on one side, flat on the other so the unit tend to lock its self under pressure, along with help from the friction fit of the o-ring on the shaft.

Did you...I could go back and look but I'm too lazy... measure the difference between the height of the clutch fingers to the outer edge of bell housing? I used carpenters squares with adjusting rules to get the depth to the cluch fingers, and then measure the height of the throw out bearing on the from the face of the trans.

Subtract the two figures, and leave up to 0.20 clearance, I did about 0.18, Red said for MY application up to 0.20 is ok.

Looks like there is enough material on the adjuster collar to cut off what you need plus a fudge factor...do not think you will need to shim out the trans or bell housing.

Pete