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Good thread, lets just keep it that way fella's.
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Actually even I could see that. But Tim said that the 3rd synchro should be replaced too. It's not nearly as bad as 1st & 2nd but he knows what to look for beyond the obvious and I don't. I might end up replacing 4th too, just to be safe and no have to go back in there for a long time.Ya, 2nd gear synchro teeth are definitely wasted (post 27) - just compare them to 3/4 synchro teeth in post 38. Even Tim said to replace 1/2 synchros in post 29.
I like this thread and I'll learn some things from it.
I'm a little surprised at how the teeth are worn on the 2nd gear synchro, post #27.
I mean from what I can see, it looks like some of the teeth are about half worn off but some of the other teeth on the same ring are pretty much all there. Not really sure how that would happen. I would think all the teeth on the same ring would have a similar amount of missing material.
@XC92 could you re-post jpegs 121106 and 121017 at full resolution? I'd like to get a better look at those teeth.
I like this thread and I'll learn some things from it.
I'm a little surprised at how the teeth are worn on the 2nd gear synchro, post #27.
I mean from what I can see, it looks like some of the teeth are about half worn off but some of the other teeth on the same ring are pretty much all there. Not really sure how that would happen. I would think all the teeth on the same ring would have a similar amount of missing material.
@XC92 could you re-post jpegs 121106 and 121017 at full resolution? I'd like to get a better look at those teeth.
How about a photo of the separator and the puller you're using? I ended up doing my front wheel bearings with a puller I already had and some fairly sizable grade 8 hardware I got at ACE (big bolts, nuts, washers). I figured wheel bearings last 100k easy, so why buy the special tool. A press is now on my short list (along with a blast cabinet), but they do take a bit of space in the garage, which for some of us is at a premium. Some folks have their own lifts, but the rest of us make do. I've used lots of PVC pipe fitting to drive oil seals. Tool use is a sign of intelligence; biological fact. And I've still got all my fingers, so that's a plus!
I think you mean 121027 as there's no 121917, so here goes:
My guess as to why some teeth are half worn and some are intact, is that the intact teeth didn't engage with matching sleeve teeth but instead went through their keyways. Notice how the middle two teeth are intact, matching the double keyways of the 1/2 sleeve.
If so then over time this would have evened out with all teeth equally worn, so I'm also guessing that most of this wear took place over a small number of really bad gear grinding events due to a clutch that didn't fully disengage, perhaps even just one or two, leading me to double clutch and rev match after this happened to avoid more grinding.
Appreciate the offer but I lived in Seattle for 10 years so I know it well. Lots of great drives in and around (although with the viaduct gone it's harder to get a good view of downtown and Elliot Bay while driving, it's actually how I left Seattle headed for I-90).@XC92
That's a bummer about the floods. It does sound like Queens had some of the worst of it.
If you need to take a break from it sometime you can visit out here and I'll take you for a ride on the Volcano escape road. Preferably sometime when there's not a wildfire in the area.
Hoping for a good result with your tranny!
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Heh, I'm the world's worst estimator. I'm excellent at guessing other peoples' stuff, but not my own. I'm sure that an expert could have done all this in several weeks, with a proper shop and tools and enough free time.So 2 1/2 months for a first timer inexperienced tranny rebuild to get all parts (like those pesky shims and time to do the solder method of shafts presets), and all the other parts places that list they have the part but really don't and won't tell you this leaving you waiting a month for the "back ordered" part that never arrives, plus doing all the other things everyone does "as long as the tranny is out", plus putting it all back together. Yep that was me too on my first time. Remember you thought you'd finish this in what was it - a few weeks, a month? Congrats on tackling this however - you're one of the very few who actually take this on and TAKE THE TIME TO DO IT RIGHT (and aren't embarrassed to ask questions about stuff they don't know). Your tranny will now shift like butter. I'm impressed!