833 Transmission won't disengage at stop after 100 miles.

yellow rose said
The input got hot. Either the pilot bushing is too tight or the bell housing needs to be indicated in.

Did you install the disc backwards? As mentioned above, the thick part goes towards the transmission. Or the thin part against the flywheel. Whatever way you want to look at it. The disc will go in either way.

You can use the grease method to get that pilot bushing out.

The pressure plate went in correctly. I flipped the pressure plate around to show the ugliest side.

I'm motivated to replace the pilot bushing at this point just because I'm there. The input shaft looks like it's not had the easiest of times at the bushing. I'll measure the hole in the crankshaft to see if it's sized for a standard transmission pilot bushing. I have a transmission parts layout pic from the overhaul and the input shaft shows some discoloration at the same point. Although the previous owner put fewer miles on the car in twenty years than I put on it in two weeks.

I'll give the grease method one more try, though hammering on the end of a crankshaft gives me the willies!

I've never indicated a bell housing, but I'll research it and get 'er done. There has been enough wonky stuff found on this car, I couldn't blindly trust anything I could verify.

RustyRatRod said
The pressure plate is very obviously engaging crooked. With heavy wear on only one of the three arms, that's pretty obvious. Either the pressure plate cover is bent, or the pressure plate arms are not equidistant heights off the flywheel with the pressure plate bolted down.

I'll torque the pressure plate back down on the flywheel and take the measurements before I talk to Brewer's so I can fully inform them. I agree though that the wear marks show one finger being worn much greater than the other two.

Thanks you guys!