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Need bell housing help

3K views 8 replies 4 participants last post by  fishslayer143@yahoo.com 
#1 ·
I have a 66 bb vette fully restored about 4 years ago and it now has about 1000 miles on it. Recently when I depressed the clutch I got a terrible noise like a bad throw out bearing. No sound at all when the clutch is engaged. I pulled the trans yesterday and the bearing seems good. Ever since the build the clutch has been extremely hard to depress. I started looking at what components were in the drive train and found that the bell housing is a 3704922 11" for a 55/56 chevy. I know it should be carring a 444 / 621 or a 464697 but would the 922 be causing my problems? Will a 922 work in this application?
Thanks
 
#3 ·
also check to see if it is SQUARE to the block
 
#5 ·
good one
I always used locktite on that until we went to hydraulic throw-out bearings
 
#7 ·
I am going to replace the fork the cross shaft and the throw out bearing just to make sure I know what is in there. The trans pilot shaft looked dry on the bushing end when I took it out, I will regrease it. The pivot ball was loose when I took it out but I did not notice how far it had backed out . I will reinstall with loctite. I hope this corrects the problems.
Thanks for the replies.
Skunk
 
#8 ·
OK: switched out everything from the pedal rod to the pilot bearing and now it is like it should be. The only thing I found was the pivot ball had backed out some and the fork had a broken throw out bearing retainer finger ( the thin sheet metal one). Everything else looked fine. I replaced the clutch pressure plate and throw out bearing and pilot bearing as well. I hope it all holds up.
While I was at it I replaced the 4.88 diff gears with a set of 3.08's and it is so much better. No more high winding and jerky shifts. Maybe this 427 will hold together.
Skunk22
 
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