[s-cars] Issue with replacing clutch on 95 S6

[Bill M]

Elvisman,
You are one brave S man!
BTDT too many times underneath and now beg to outsource.  But I am  
admittedly now a baby.
That said, one thing to consider is that bracket that holds a coolant  
pipe on the drivers side.
It fits sooo perfectly into a recess in the bell housing that it looks  
like it belongs there.  It really does.
It does not belong there and IME could preclude a flywheel from  
turning since it is about eight inches of heavy metal.   This bracket  
is really supposed to be attached to a bolt OUTSIDE of the bellhousing  
that secures it to the motor.
The bad news IIRC is that the only way to pull this back into proper  
position is to back off the bell housing again, which in effect is  
almost the same as a do over anyhoo.  The bracket has I think two  
slight S curves.
Maybe the bell housing could be just loosened, the bracket cut off and  
maybe the piece fished out from the bottom but I dont think so..   
worth a looksee though.. if this is the problem.
HTH
Bill~leads the league in tranny delta's~m