Is it possible to identify 18 or 23 spline with trans in car?

[GearAddict]

First I should say that I'm manual trans challenged, so forgive the noobish questions...

I need to order a clutch, pilot bearing and throwout bearing for my 69 RR, 383 with an 833. I want to order all the parts before taking it off the road, but it looks like I need to know spline count and clutch dia (11" or 10.5").... The previous owner did many things that would lead me to not want to assume it is set-up like it would be from the factory (11" and 23 spline?).

Is it possible to confirm without removing the tranny? Any other specifics I need to know before ordering the parts I mentioned above?

Thanks in advance

 

[Funship32]

I was in the same boat as you..PO...slipshod work, etc, etc, so I ended up pulling it just to be safe. Ordered all I needed from Summit and had the parts needed quicker than I was able to get the flywheel back from the machine shop. Never was able to 'figure it out' until I yanked everything.

 

[69Bee]

I was in the same boat as you..PO...slipshod work, etc, etc, so I ended up pulling it just to be safe. Ordered all I needed from Summit and had the parts needed quicker than I was able to get the flywheel back from the machine shop. Never was able to 'figure it out' until I yanked everything.

How long did it take to get your flywheel back? I can have them finished in less than 20 min, 10 minutes if they are just flat.

 

[bigmanjbmopar]

Call Brewers!

http://www.brewersperformance.com/proddetail.asp?prod=CPK-ES

 

[flyingfarley]

Pull your old one out first......Mopar had 11 inch clutches that wern't really 11 inch clutches///they were 10.85 inch clutches...so a 11 inch wont fit......the 10.85 clutches use a 10.5 in bolt patern to instal....not a 11 inch pattern. Might save alot of trips to the parts store if you have it inhand first...

 

[GearAddict]

Thanks for the replies... Looks like I'll need to yank it to find out what's what.

 

[Funship32]

How long did it take to get your flywheel back? I can have them finished in less than 20 min, 10 minutes if they are just flat.

It took about a day. Dropped it off one night and picked it up the next night. If you were a bit closer, I'd just use your services ;-)

 

[Meep-Meep]

If you have a two piece bell housing you can take the lower cover off and look up there at the TO bearing area. Maybe there you will see a distinguishing feature like the TO bearing sleeve and bearing or even the bearing retainer.