Need some tranny rebuild ?'s addressed (Help Ron??)

[rapieper at yahoo.com (Ron Pieper)]

Well...I read this now, and see that ol' Dan Bubb has already answered all of your questions, and
there's not a whole lot I can add to what he said because he's pretty much on the mark and has a
few good ideas.  I don't like the torch-the-bearing-off-the-pinion, but hey, iffn it works...

Regardless, my thoughts below.  Sorry to be a day late...

--- stetson <tim@unrealexpectations.ath.cx> wrote:
> The questions are:
> 
> 1.) So I REALLY need to worry about changing out the S3 shim and the
> roller bearing race? Is there a less specialty tool intensive (Re: the
> VW294b/3 - VW387 - VW385/17 measuring tool combo) way to check the S3 shim
> suitability? I see the shim thicknesses range from 0.65mm to 1.40mm.

I change it, and do the Bentley procedure pretty much to the letter.  Dial indicators are useful
and the Chinese versions are perfectly acceptable for this, and cheap too.  

> 2.) Those pesky needle bearings! 

Leave 'em.  There is little path for chunkies to get in there and except for 5th gear, I haven't
seen a bad one (ok, except for rust too).

> 3.) This one IS sorta Ron specific. It seems that he rebuilt a 9A for
> Patrick and used chromoly synchros in the rebuild. Anyone no where these
> bad boys may be acquired?

Nope, brass synchros with moly faces.  See my spreadsheet on my site for P/Ns, they are -E IIRC.

> 4.) Pressing out the selector shaft I was able to crack one side of the
> top of the shift finger where the clevis pin goes through. The crack is
> tiny but does admit light through it. New shift finger time or no?

Yep, I got several cheap if you need one.

 5.) Anybody have ANY idea what a turning torque of 0.5 to 1.4Nm (50 to
> 150Ncm or 4.5 13 in lb.) or .3 Nm (30Ncm or 2.7 in. lb.) feels like??????

What Dan said.

> I only want to do this one time per tranny (not counting experimentation
> w/ 5th gear ratios) and so suggestions will be greatly appreciated!!!

Use the gas grill trick wherever possible and save beating on schtuff!  I believe it's the overall
most effective tranny tool I have.  Seriously.  And you can grill FOOD in it too!

> Confused in cornland,

Grilled corn is good.

Ron


	
		
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