Dis-asembling 5 speed transmission? difficulty?

[MotoEclipse]

How hard is it to take a 5 speed AWD tranny a part? i need to get the 3rd gear synchro replaced. somebody told me, the trannys come apart pretty easily if you take your time. i was going to have a tranny shop press the gears off, and get the new synchro put back on the shaft. but i was going to do the intital tear-down of the tranny to save money since im trying to get this done on a small budget..

my dad said its not worth my time/money doing it myself bc ill just break it?
but its not like im a mental retard with a hammer..

What you guys think?
(i have the chilltons manuel with the exploded view of tranny)

 

[2GbTalonGuy]

It is pretty difficult. It is about the only thing I don't dare try on my car. Lots of parts that have to go back on in exactly the same order.

 

[twicks69]

If you want to do it yourself, go and download the W5M33 transmission rebuild manual from Scribd.com.

Otherwise, do a search on here as I have written and posted numerous teardown instructions for people wanting to do it themselves.

 

[ed1380]

VFAQ has a good writeup. I just did mine. Honestly wasn't that hard. Just take it apart and remember how it was. if you forget, the writeup has pics.

 

[92EagleAWD]

You can't download from SCRIBD.com unless you upload something or are a paying member, but you can still view it Here!

It's honestly not all that difficult, I have taken 3 of them apart and changed a few parts, but I have not taken the gear trees apart before. I know there are spaces and tolerances that are very tight, you could probably take the gear trees out and have the 1 tree rebuilt, but they will not guarantee it that way.

Just take your time and if possible video tape yourself taking it apart as a backup, because there are bearing spacers inside that are different thicknesses and have to be in certain orders. I just numbered them with a sharpie before I took them out.

Good luck!

 

[MotoEclipse]

Cool thanks guys. i have 3 weeks to do this. so im not in a hurry. i just wanted some positive feedback before i started it.