Thrust Bearing & breather plate

In order to convert the engine from front wheel drive to rear wheel drive you need to insert a thrust bearing into the crank end in which the gearbox shaft locates.

In all fairness you don't need to remove the clutch and if you are careful you could insert it carefully with a suitable sized drift and careful knock into position. As I need to change the clutch it was just as easy to take the clutch off and knock into position.

The spigot bearing has a right and wrong way - as you can see from the two pictures the rubber seal needs to face OUTWARDS in order to stop rubbish, dirt etc being ingested into the engine.

so taking a suitable sized piece of dowel or equivalent drift, place the spigot into the crank end and gently tap in with a hammer.

Using the clutch alignment tool, I also took this opportunity to replace the clutch, gently lining up the clutch with the x6 holes and securing back in place.

Nice quick job but an essential job in order to ensure drive to the rear of the vehicle

Breather blanking plate

Another very quick job, three screws and a nice piece of machined "ATR" blanking plate which covers the hole left when the flame trap is removed (not needed).