transmission reassembly!

[koabi.brooks at gmail.com (Koabi Brooks)]

It's just the 5th gear housing that's suspect:

What came off the car (you can see flakes of synchro where the clutch arm
lever is at too) :
http://koabi.lazyslacker.com/photos/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7543&g2_serialNumber=1.jpg

What I have laying around from a dead tranny (5th died):
http://koabi.lazyslacker.com/photos/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8149&g2_serialNumber=1.jpg

the surface cracks on the 5th cap from pic 1 probably mean I shouldn't reuse
it.  I am under the impression that once aluminum cracks things deteriorate
quickly

On 8/10/07, Dan Bubb <jdbubb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> They interchange.
> The differences between the transmissions cases are the reverse light
> switch and the tranny vent.
>
>
> From: "Koabi Brooks" <koabi.brooks@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Ron Pieper" <rapieper@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "car" <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 1:45 AM
> Subject: Re: transmission reassembly!
>
>
> > Thanks I'll give that a try.  Is there any reason I shouldn't use a
> spare 8v
> > 5th gear case cap on a 16v tranny?  I notice the inside of the case has
> a
> > bit of a different look to it but nothing that looks structural.  My
> > original 16v 5th gear case has light surface cracks around the thrust
> > bearing area.
> >
> > On 8/9/07, Ron Pieper <rapieper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> I get the case halves together as far as they go, then put the bolts in
> >> and by progressively
> >> tightening them, get it together.
> >>
> >> In doing this, you are pressing the mainshaft bearing back onto the
> >> shaft.  So, there will
> >> probably be some stress still in the case and this prevents the shaft
> from
> >> turning freely.  Give
> >> the bearing's inner race a *light* pop with a large socket and it'll
> snap
> >> into place pretty as you
> >> please.
> >>
> >> HTH
> >>
> >> Ron
> >>
> >> --- Koabi Brooks <koabi.brooks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Thanks to ron,dan and broke I tore down my transmission.  Now i am
> >> building
> >> > it back up.  I made a cheapassron tranny separator which worked quite
> >> > nicely.  So how do i put the two halves back together?  I did not
> remove
> >> the
> >> > bearing held by those 4 triple square bolts.
> >> >
> >> > as a side note, it's amazing how much easier this process was once I
> got
> >> a
> >> > heat source to play with
> >> >
> >> > koabi
> >>
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