My old manual motor crapped out and managed to find a motor from an auto for my 88 S4. I had ordered two pilot bearing in the event that something went wrong with one, and I was right. When I began to install the bearing I was only able to install it about 2/3rds into the back of the E-shaft and would then no longer go further. I hadn't played with manuals very much, my experience in general is with automatics, but is there supposed to be something in the way to prevent from installing a bearing? Something for the torque converter?

 

nope it should go right in, however its like 40 years old, it could be full of dead bees and stuff

 

Nope, not bees or the like, it was cleaned out before I began installing, but there's another metal ring in there when I looked inside. Doesn't appear to be a pilot bearing ring.