Good evening, everyone!

I was asked ny a friend to reinstall his overdrive unit in his Cherokee
this weekend. He was recently injured and could not assist me, other than
lending moral support from his wheelchair.

I was unable to get the overdrive unit mated to the bellhousing of the
tranny, lacking about one inch until it mated. I feel all the splines were
aligned but couldn't physically push the unit all of the way.

There was a thin metal rod justing out from the tranny..could that be
stopping the unit from mating completely? I was hesitant to use any force.

Do we need an alignment tool of any kind or just a big hammer? :-)

Thanks in advance!

     Pat