Clutch pin help

I am having trouble with my 14 in clutch installation.

The plate that fits over the pins will not sit down into the flywheel.

The way that I understand it that plate should fall right down in there and you should be able to turn it all the way to one side and have .006 clearance. You should be able to put it down in and even turn it a little bit side-to-side for the clearance. But it just fits tight.

I installed the pins with the actual OTC tool and it still won't fit properly on there.

I checked each of the pins with my square and everything appears to be square.

What am I missing?

@Goodysnap
@spsauerland

If you guys are anywhere around I could use the help.

 

Update:

When pin was just very very slightly off so I put it in straight.

I put spacers on the flywheel as they tell you to do before you put the intermediate plate on to check the clearance on the pins. (so that you don't pinch your fingers I think).

The plate is going on nicely now but there's no side-to-side movement at all for clearance.


@Oldironfan
I have tried this Every Witch Way flipping it and what not. The clutch plates are not in yet this is just setting the intermediate plate for clearance on the clutch drive pins.

 

I'm not sure what to do.

I had two pins right from the factory they were oversized they wouldn't fit in the tool or into the intermediate plate. But I had other pins so that's okay.

But I actually have the plate to where there's clearance but it's not all on the same side. So on some pins there's clearance on the inside but some pins there's clearance on the outside

So I took one of the pins and I flipped it over and that seemed to have thrown everything off.

I just can't comprehend what the problem is unless the pins are junk but they're genuine pins from eaton.

I don't want to knock these pins out much more because they're not going to fit tightly so I guess something has to get filed. I just can't believe this is that difficult

You should just be able to put your tool in bang your pins in set your plate on and you're done. I can't believe this is such a mess.

I'm going to stop for now. If anyone has any other advice that would be great.

 

Okay I'll file it I'll see how that goes.

 

Thank you @BoxCarKidd and
@Goodysnap.

I was hesitant to file the intermediate plate because they tell you not to. But it makes sense why you need to now that I have it together. Nothing in this world is absolutely perfect.

I appreciate the help guys.