hey guys as you know i had a auto to manual conversion done and it went great for a short time until all of a sudden all gears were grinding, after a year with the problem of having to shift like a granny to prevent grinding we have come to the solution that the pilot bush has seized to the input shaft causing the crank to still spin the shaft even when the clutch disengages. after talking for a while with the mechanics who fitted the transmission we have come to this as hopefully whats wrong as i doubt all syncros went at the exact same time and they never replaced the bush and know the guys never probably lubed it either anyways cant sleep so i thought id let yas all know
Curious as to why you think it's the pilot bush? Not questioning it just curious. Does it make any noise while sitting in neutral? Also, I was under the impression that brass doesn't require lubrication. Just incase you were wondering... I also cannot sleep lol.
To add to this, get a braided line and then bleed your clutch. So much easier. Gravity does 90% of the work for you.
Step one: remove gearbox Step two: remove torque converter bush and fit manual transmission pilot bush (oil before install) Step three: refit gear box and test drive Four: smile job is done While you are doing the above you will find the real problem, possibly a loose bolt or two on the flywheel jamming against the friction plate or a very poorly bled or adjusted clutch. There's very little chance of a pilot bush causing your trouble unless it's missing altogether - even then they normally go OK unless you try and shift at high RPM then the input shaft gets a big wobble on and makes a racket while making it hard to change gear.
Exactly fill with oil and squeeze between your finger and thumb to "prime" the bush with oil (wearing gloves and safety glasses etc to follow OHS rules or just bare hands to follow man rules LOL!) The material used is called oilite if you go have a quick google you will find tonnes of info on them.
