What is the correct position to install the TOB return clip?

[WatchItExplode]

I'm putting in a new OEM throw out bearing and return clip and I can't figure out how the clip goes back on. Every position I put it in, it seems loose. I heard if you install it wrong it can get bent up.

Can somebody please explain to me the right position it should be in?

 

[WatchItExplode]

ok I took some pictures...is one of these the correct way?

A) over the bearing

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B) on the edge of the bearing

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C) on the fork side

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[RoasT BeeF]

Its supposed to face back towards the bell housing. C might be right but I cant even tell because the pic is so dark. Oh and dont get any grease on the face of the bearing!

 

[sherwinz28]

off topic but: How did you get your transmission so clean? I've sprayed some simple green around it and hosed it off and it still looks a little dirty...yours looks brand new.

Thanks,
Sherwin

 

[Awdboost]

A is correct except that the ends need to be lifted on the TOB. Just like the center. I hope that helps Try it and take another picture. I'll tell you if it's right.

 

[Awdboost]

off topic but: How did you get your transmission so clean? I've sprayed some simple green around it and hosed it off and it still looks a little dirty...yours looks brand new.

Thanks,
Sherwin

That is glass beaded. No cleaner will get a trans that clean

 

[RoasT BeeF]

A is correct

No it isnt.

The hook on the clip is supposed to fit around the fork. Not possible from that position. Like I said, it needs to be faced back towards the bell housing. Turn the clip around.

 

[Awdboost]

I've done over 10 plus installs of my car or other friends cars. I've installed them all like A, but I put the end of the clip on the TOB and not under it. So I think I works. But Don't tell anyone.

 

[drivemusicnow]

In order for some worth to come from this thread, how about someone puts a picture that correctly, and clearly shows the correct (says the factory) way to install the clip.

 

[spyder97gs]

I've done over 10 plus installs of my car or other friends cars. I've installed them all like A, but I put the end of the clip on the TOB and not under it. So I think I works. But Don't tell anyone.

Exactly how I've done it also.

 

[RoasT BeeF]

In order for some worth to come from this thread, how about someone puts a picture that correctly, and clearly shows the correct (says the factory) way to install the clip.

ok, let me go pull my tranny real quick...

Anyway, just go ahead and install it like A who gives a F*ck anymore.

 

[WatchItExplode]

Ok I'll go ahead and install it like picture A. Thanks for the help guys.

p.s. my tranny looks like new because I just got a Shep rebuild and they do a process called "aluma-blast" on it or something.

 

[spyder97gs]

Use A but try and get the whole clip over the TOB. Not just the middle, get the outside edges also. Good luck.