Flywheel bushing

[nine_deuce]

I need help. I'm doing a motor swap, the motor I'm putting in my car was from a car with an auto transmission, well the one I took out was a manual. My question is this: In the flywheel, there is a bushing that keeps the output shaft from the tranny aligned... any ideas where I can get one? the local auto stores around here don't even have anything listed. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a ton!!!

[Night Wolf]

Im not sure what you are talking about. do you mean the pilot bearing?

the pilot bearing is what the flywheel bolts onto

[nine_deuce]

Here are a couple pictures of what I'm talking about. This came out of the flywheel, on the backside, between the motor and the flywheel

[N9netwoAccord]

Im not sure what you are talking about. do you mean the pilot bearing?

the pilot bearing is what the flywheel bolts onto

the flywheel bolts to the crank. actually.

[bruno8747]

Im not sure what you are talking about. do you mean the pilot bearing?

the pilot bearing is what the flywheel bolts onto

There is no pilot bearing on our cars, And that bushing is something wierd.

The only bushing I remember seeing behind the flywheel is a thin plate that goes on the end of the crankshaft and sits between the flywheel and the crank.

[Night Wolf]

There is no pilot bearing on our cars, And that bushing is something wierd.

I didnt know that

[nine_deuce]

That little bushing that I took pics of keeps the flywheel from slopping around on the shaft in the transmission. Without that, it just flops around. Could it be a shim of some sort? this is driving me nuts, thats all thats keeping me from getting my transmission bolted to my new motor

[bruno8747]

That little bushing that I took pics of keeps the flywheel from slopping around on the shaft in the transmission. Without that, it just flops around. Could it be a shim of some sort? this is driving me nuts, thats all thats keeping me from getting my transmission bolted to my new motor

The flywheel is bolted onto the crankshaft, Then the clutch and pressure plate is bolted onto the flywheel.

The clutch disk is has splines and the transmission input shaft has splines. They go together and no busing is used to keep them together.

[blacktrax]

Yes there is a bushing that presses into the center of the flywheel from the back. This bushing keeps the input shaft aligned. Honda doesn't seem to have a part number on the specific part. If the bushing is not damaged, it can be reused.

[nine_deuce]

Mine doesn't seem to be damaged, but it fits a little loose, is that normal?

[blacktrax]

It shouldn't fit loose and I wouldn't recommend reusing it then. You may want to see if you can pull another one off another H or F flywheel.

[HondaTuner808]

That piece of metal IS the pilot bearing and it fits into the flywheel's center to give support to the end of the input shaft.

My ACT flywheel came with it pre-installed.

Perhaps the pilot bearing is like the TPS sensor in that it cannot be ordered by itself, and can only be purchased with a throttle-body assembly, or in the pilot bearings case, a new flywheel. IDK for sure, just speculating.

[nine_deuce]

Well, whatever the case may be, living in Hickville where beat up Ford and Chevy's are the norm, the parts places around here don't have shit, so I get to order a new fly wheel... go me

[cp[mike]]

ive never seen one of those things used on the transmission before... did that come off of an oem flywheel?

[nine_deuce]

I'm not sure if it was the OEM one, the guy at the Napa here said that he's seen them used before, but that particular one was an after market piece... but they do use them... I'm thinking they use them on remanufactured fly wheels... but its a pain in the ass. What I got from the little speech he was giving was this: when the fly wheel gets used, they use that shim in the output shaft slot so they can continue using that particular fly wheel, rather than use a new one