transmission reassembly!

[rapieper at yahoo.com (Ron Pieper)]

The "cracking" I see is typical and appears to be from the casting process.  I am inclined to tell
you not to worry about it.

If you want to swap covers, they could be the same - or maybe not.  The very old 5 speeds used a
shorter pinion shaft without a support bearing in the 5th gear cover.  Covers for those won't work
on any newer 5 speed.  Just look inside both covers and make sure all bores and bearings match up.

Ron


--- Koabi Brooks <koabi.brooks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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