1957 Chevy 235 Bell Housing, Flywheel and Clutch Install 

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thanks for watching! good luck with your build!

cardude59 that's good info. thanks. I'm about to put a new transmission on so, my clutch is out at the moment. I'll be sure to take your advice when I put it all back together.

found that out the hard way. installed a T5 5 speed on my 57 235 in a 50 chevy styline and it shook when I started the engine. traced it to the pressure plate not being centered. only took 2 weeks to figure it out. found and installed the shouldered bolts and shake was gone. good luck with your project.

cardude59 thank you! I'm going to do a T5 swap in it soon and this is really good to know. that's why I have this channel, so I can learn as I go from good people like you. have a good one.

Travis I hope you get this. I have a 57 235 in a 50 styleline with a T5 5 speed trans. I just love it! the trans I have is out of a 2.8 L s-10 pickup. I needed a 1" thick adaptor plate to bolt it in as the input shaft Is 1 inch longer that the stock 3 speed and the bolt pattern is differant. the shifter is in the right position for the car . I used an astro van clutch disc and stock pressure plate. works great!!! hope this helps. good luck.

Thanks! That's pretty much what I am planning on doing. I'm glad your project is going well.

I used a flat head screwdriver on the ring gear to turn the flywheel. There are tools out there for doing this the correct way. I picked one up at a swap meet for 5 bucks. Using the flywheel gives you more leverage and makes the engine easier to turn over.

+Bennie G It wouldn't hurt to put lock washers on the pressure plate bolts. I have taken the clutch out again because I had to put a new starter on and needed to see the ring gear to make sure the teeth were meshing correctly. I plan on putting lock washers on as well as using blue locktite just in case. I would recommend using red locktite on the flywheel bolts if you ever have to take the flywheel off.

no, they are the same, a bearing may be a better choice altho I have always had decent luck with the bushings, make sure that it goes in tight and does not move once installed. it will cause issues otherwise.

Reverse of this.

Yes, you can, but it's a little bit of a pain. It's easier than pulling the motor though! How I've done it before is, pull the drive shaft off, disconnect the shifter linkage off the side of the transmission (assuming that you have the stock drivetrain, take off the four main bolts on the transmission, and pull it off. This will make things much easier. On the stock motors, the clutch pack is all within the bellhousing as it is separate from the transmission. So you almost always have to pull the tranny to work on these. Once you have the tranny off, you can remove the dust cover (inspection plate) and get right to the pressure plate and clutch. Like I said in this video, you might want to rotate the crank with the flywheel to get to all of the bolts on the pressure plate.

Travis Duff thanks for the help

Good luck with your build!

actually these are quite easy to do in the car. its the 60s and up stuff that is a pain in the backside.

Any way I can get some dimensions of your stand I’ve almost got the engine out but I need to build a stand for it

Eric Schultz yeah every day is a little much, but at the time I was unemployed and had nothing else to do other than work on this engine. I still try and start it up once a month and let it run for about an hour each time.