[DeTomaso] Help Needed! Installing ZF Today and Stuck

[Mike Reilly]

Hi all.  I just had my ZF safety wired and now I’m installing it.  All is well except the shaft (with teeth see pic) from the ZF will not align to go into the opening (to accept the teeth) in the engine (center of clutch and flywheel).  I did some trial and error to get them to align but no luck.   I assume the ZF should slip in once these teeth are aligned.  I have the engine mount bolts loose enough so the engine is tilted and it aligns nicely to the case coming in.  I just get stopped by the teeth from the ZF entering into the motor.  This is my first time doing this….is there some trick to avoid constant trail and error by slightly rotating the ZF shaft and trying over and over?   Thanks, Mike
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   Hi all.  I just had my ZF safety wired and now Iam installing it.  All
   is well except the shaft (with teeth see pic) from the ZF will not
   align to go into the opening (to accept the teeth) in the engine
   (center of clutch and flywheel).  I did some trial and error to get
   them to align but no luck.   I assume the ZF should slip in once these
   teeth are aligned.  I have the engine mount bolts loose enough so the
   engine is tilted and it aligns nicely to the case coming in.  I just
   get stopped by the teeth from the ZF entering into the motor.  This is
   my first time doing thisa|.is there some trick to avoid constant trail
   and error by slightly rotating the ZF shaft and trying over and over?
   Thanks, Mike
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