okk... so long story short... i have been working sence thursday night to do a tranny swap and am still not done.. yes this is the first tranny swap ive everdone... but old tranny is out and new tranny is kinda in... but i cant get it in all the way... the Car is a 1990 teg.. Ls motor... S1 tranny.. everything isnt lineing up nor is the tranny sliding in... anyone wanna give me some info so i can get this done...

 

Try honda tech, you will get a quicker response. (unless I somehow ventured into Hondatech. I'm drunk right now lol)

 

^Nothing that could cause this would be specifically Honda-related.

If it's a manual, check to see with a clutch alignment tool that the disc is centered in the pressure plate so the input shaft can spline without binding.
If it's automatic, check to see that the torque converter is bolted in properly and the flexplate isn't tweaked.

On RWD transmissions, it helps to turn the output shaft to slowly line up the splines of the input shaft to your torque converter/clutch disc. If necessary, spline an axle into the trans and use the axle to rotate the input shaft while you try to mate the two together.

I just noticed you said S1, so i'm assuming from my limited Honda knowledge that you mean the YS1 5spd trans. Make sure you're applying even pressure towards the engine so you are coming in perfectly straight on the clutch assembly.

 

no i did mean S1... thats one of the trannys... stock LS... YS1 was the stock 92-92 Gsr Tranny...

 

Oh. I see.

 

now dont get me wrong.. there is an ys1 tranny for the 90-93 integra but mine is a S1....

 

well check the alignment of the clutch like he said up above.... and check for double dowel pins lol.... make sure there is no interference like that. other then that wrestle that thing!

 

i did check... its just hard to get the tranny level... and why is it if i can get the gap on the top down to 1 inch but i cant get the bottem less than 2inches?

and why check for the double dowel pins?

 

Make sure there aren't alignment dowels in the engine AND trans side of the same hole, just in case.
And you can get a larger gap on one side than the other because you're not aligning them straight when you're trying to mate them. It's easier with such a light transmission to place the engine crank pulley - down and install the transmission vertically, at least for me.

 

this is an easy fix, only question i ask is, are you doing this with the motor in the car?
check for dowel pins like stated above, if you dont want to get an alignment tool, find a deep socket that fits smoothly and use that to align the clutch and everything, if its good, wrestle that bitch after the spline is good should slide pretty snugly in