Hey all just got my new b4.1 kit in the mail today, but cant get the steering bolts to fit thought the bearings? is there a trick to it? Step 4 of the manual.

i looked at my manual. do you have the right bearings? there are like 6 different bearings in the kit i think

My ft sc10 had the same thing. It turned out the threads on the screws were cut a little sloppy and made the diameter too big. I cleaned them up with a file. The shank of the screw is the right size once you get past the threads.

just push hard, my sc10 was the same way

My kit came that way. I took a very fine file and gently filed just enough material off so that I could push it through.

Thats blokes, I just took some fine wet n dry paper and just took the black of the thread and a little off the shank, and it is now perfect, only have the shocks and electric to do.

its very easy to cross thread the adjuster nut. i had to back it out, put the bearings in and then rethread it.

I had to take the dremel and take off some of threads so they werent so thick.

Thanks blokes, just finished it all, its a really great tight build, just getting a little binding when i spin the rears, could b gear mesh or somthing else, no biggie though, thats an easy fix, thanks again guys and happy racing.

You need to shim the top shaft to take slop out and I had to add a shim between the wing mount and motor plate to keep it from binding when tightened down. Really sloppy job from AE on the tranny body, a lot of people have had the same problem.

Are you saying you Centered the Motor , Or did AE finally step it up and finally center the Motor ! I have never had binding on My Car !

Whats up with the Gray Outdrives ...

Before you go and do that, just make sure that all of the bearings are seated properly. When I built my B4.1 I didn't have any issues. When I built my T4.1 the transmission would barely move when the case was tightened. I took it back apart and noticed that the top shaft was sticking out 1/32" further than the idle gear and the diff gear. Here, one of the bearings was not seated all of the way. Once I got them seated properly the transmission was super free, no matter how much I tightened the case. I have not needed to do this mod at all on either vehicle. Then again I could just be lucky, but double check the top shaft bearings just in case.

That's just an old B4 picture i nabbed online to show where i put the washer. I rebuilt my tranny very carefully after the problems i had before and made sure everything was seated properly and still no dice.

I went through and torqued every screw by itself and tested for freeness, all was fine until the wing mount screw was torqued. Messed with washers and finally got the right setup with the one washer shown in the pic.

Think you just installed each wing mount on the wrong side of the Transmission case...


switch them around