sounds like the clutch plate and shaft splines arent lining up right.
turn the engine pully on front a little and try shoving it on again.
jimt
On Saturday, Oct 5, 2002, at 13:03 America/Denver, Simon Reinhardt
wrote:

> It's an inline-4, has a KEP adapter plate on it, all 4 studs on the
> adapter line up with the holes on the bell housing, I've ground the
> main shaft down to the correct length and given it a taper bevel, I
> test-fit the pilot bearing on the shaft before pressing it into the end
> of the crankshaft, and I used the clutch alignment tool while bolting
> the pressure plate on.
> Everything slides together until the studs are about 1cm from coming
> out the front of the bell housing holes, and then it just stops.
> WHY?
>
> -Simon
>