[5.0 Rono]

Hi guys, I went to put a new clutch in my car and did some digging and found out that i have a trans from a 4 cylinder thunderbird turbo coupe. I have tried to replace the pilot bearing and have run into a problem. The pilot bearing for the 5.0 is to big for the input shaft on the trans and the pilot bearing for the 4 cylinder trans is too small to fit in the crank. Is there a conversion bearing for such a problem or am i going to have to replace the input shaft?

[angermgt]

if the bearing is to small then you dont have that trans. better do some more digging. try to get number and research that

[5.0 Rono]

i have the 4 cylinder trans and i have tried both bearings, the bearing for the 5.0 is to big for the input shaft and the bearing for the 2.3 is to small to fit in the engine. I got both parts from the dealer but i noticed the 5.0 bearing came with a what seems to be a metal bushing around in and the 2.3 bearing just came with the bearing. is the a bushing that goes around the 2.3 bearing that is that make both of them together fit in the 5.0 crank???

[83 5.0]

Were you running this setup before switching the clutch?

Did you use a pilot bearing removal tool to remove the old bearing, as it takes 2 steps on the 5.0 bearing to remove the inner race then the larger outer shell.

I think if this doesn't match up you maybe facked as I can't think of any bearing combo that will work, may need a 5.0 tranny. Did you try a performance tranny shop to see if there is some after market pilot bearing setup?

I think this tranny also maybe too weak for your 5.0 setup.

Good luck