whats up im in the middle of this conversion and we got the tranny out with the tc off and flexplate my question is im following the write up on the website and i need to know about the pilot bearing issue i got a 95 car, 98 trans is the bearing needed? cause it does not say a thing about it and are they all the same size? cause got one from nissan and i have a feeling it aint the righht one please somebody fill me in if it not needed do i pull the old auto bearing out whats the deal im getting agitated thank u

 

I swapped the pilot bearing from auto to manual, it makes the clutch install easier but it is not needed.

 

ok thanks man cause i droped the tranny yesterday at my school and my teacher is sitting there telling me i need i and **** it not gunna go on im like wtf r u talking bout and he was makiing me luke think twice like dam but thank god it was a 3 dollar part thanks man and another question if i dont remove it what is so hard bout installing the clutch??

 

the pilot bearing only serves a purpose in our cars to center the clutch alignment tool (as I found when doing the swap on my car).

with what ever clutch kit you got, you may find the clutch alignment tool fits the pilot bearing already in place.

 

The pilot bearing i not needed on our cars. The hard thing will be lining up the clutch when you have to bolt it onto the flywheel, the reason is that the clutch disk centering tool is made to go into the pilot bearing (if the pilot bearing isnt installed then the clutch tool doesnt really work because it has way to much play). The fix for this I found is, I taped the tip of the tool with electrical tape so it matches the pilot bearing hole) . I wasn't about to install the bearing if its not needed (although I bought one) This way the tool fits perfectly into the hole now and you can center the clutch.

 

perfect thats exaclty wat i needed to know thanks brah now i can ***** out all my know it all teachers and friends i tried to explain to them thats it not needed and everybody keeps saying no u do when i did my car i needed it blah blah blah ur gunna have a squeal sound im like bro its not like that my car is a MAXIMA

 

go tell all those honda b16 rebuilding nerds whats what!