Drive train alignment

I started this from another thread, (Revisit tilted springs) but basically the question or complaint rather is that my tranny just doesn't sit in the center of my body.

I believe it's offset to the side at least 1" maybe more.

Right now the stick shift comes through the floor about 1" to 1-1/2" to the right.

This has an effect on the clutch bellcrank in that I have to have the same 1" of spacers/washers between the bellcrank pivot stud and the frame to keep the bellcrank from popping off the stud under hard flex.

It happened to Worth @ Tellico, and it's happened to me a few times.

I've had people tell me to just push it over and bolt it down @ the crossmember, but that just doesn't seem right. It seems to me it ought to sit relaxed in the dead center of the jeep, and the bolted connection @ the crossmember would be to hold it up and down as opposed to left and right.

The only thing I can think of is to take the pass side fender off, and cut the pass side engine mount loose from the frame,....slide the engine over and then re-weld the mount back to the frame in the right spot.

Anyone concur with this, or should I just leave it like it is?

 

Yeah, there really aint much to check on the tranny mount. It's bolted down good and it's a new mount, but when you bolt the tranny to the engine it's sort of locked in a spot (left to right). Trying to move it left and right with it bolted to the engine just aint happening.

I guess with a pry bar I could move it some, but it doesn't seem right to force this type of lateral stress on the engine/tranny connection and then bolt it down and try to hold it there.

I was thinking I need to move the whole assembly from the engine all the way through the t-case.

 

Not sure at all, Mike and I've thought about that too. In fact I once measured the distance from the inside of one tire to the fender well on the pass side and the same on the driver's side and you're correct...there was a difference, but it would have an even more adverse affect on the alignment if I were to shift it over.

I'm familiar with offsetting the engine in the bay, but that's not what I'm describing. I'm talking about twisting the engine. I wouldn't be removing the mount on the drivers side...only the pass side.

There's a solid connection starting at the engine all the way to the t-case and I want to basically cut one mount loose and grab the t-case and slide it to the left 1" and then re-weld the engine mount.

 

John the engine will move around some on the mounts themselves, try loosening the mounts on the engine where they tie into the frame as well the transmission and move things around and then tighten everything back up. I wouldn't cut your mount loose from the frame at all, you stand more of a chance of mesing things up than fixing things, unless your gonna take the body off where you can see everything all at once. (my.02)

 

All of my 5's and both Jeepsters had the engine/trans/transfer offset to the passenger side a little. I think they were done that way to clear Ross stearing boxes.