Fixing your own transmission?

[jfdid]

Pay attention to how the shafts come out of the tranny, as you may struggle getting them back in.
Make SURE, I mean DAMN SURE that you 'stake' the stake nuts at the end of the shafts(you'll know what I'm talking about, the big nuts that have 100+ftlbs of torque on them). If they come loose, you loose fifth gear, and two parts of your transmission case. Cost me $800 to fix, without paying a shop.
Pay attention to the orientation of the reverse gear shaft bolt, it's the one that comes in from the outside of the transmission, it can be a pain.
Last but not least, pay attention to the 5th gear synchros because if you mix the 2 up, you won't be able to grab reverse when you're all finished.

Shift the tranny while out of the car, it'll be a little rought, but make sure you can get into every gear, 4 or 5 times.

Any other questions, just ask.

Oh, and I second the motion of taking the shafts to a shop. It shouldn't cost more than 30 bucks, unless you have a press, then it's not that difficult.

About the shims. I didn't pay much attention to it. I talked to a Mitsu tech, and he said shimming the tranny is the difference between a good and a great shifting transmission. So I'll leave it at that. Mine shifts pretty damn nice. I just used all of the old shims, but this may be dangerous. if you have the time to do it, do it.

 

[MNGSX]

Id get some synchros from TRE.

Get the bearing kit from RSgear

 

[unior]

ok 2 stupid question

what is the best way to unstake those giant nuts

i just popped the end cover off my spare trans to change the center shaft and the one large double staked nut had 0 ft lbs of torque on it so i obviously need to torque it down

second how do i remove that steel ball holding the center shaft in the trans? i need to swap shafts from 22 spline to 23 spline

TIA

 

[unior]

ok giant nut is unstaked

how does that darn little steel ball on teh center shaft come off?

 

[jfdid]

I've never had any real trouble with it. I just pulled the VC right out. Pulling the VC was a major pain though. Had two 24" pry bars under it. Sometimes they're sticky as hell. But I just pryed as hard as I could go(make sure to me as equal as possible with the force, so you're not torquing it off center). It finally popped. I've had it off probably 6 times now.

To get the ball out, use a magnet and stick it down into the shaft, the ball should just stick to the magnet(one of those bendy extendible magnets are awesome for this.)

 

[unior]

yeah taking the VC off was no problem

i retorqued the gigantic stake nut and restaked it

and that steel ball...yeah i thought that came out the outside of the shaft not the inside

so yeah the center shaft just pounds right out once the vc is off

so my 23 spline shaft is in and the trans/act 2600 are bolted back in the car but i'm calling it quits for the night


thanks

 

[jfdid]

Glad it worked out.

 

[DSMLoverFromUA]

I did my tranny rebuild and the synchros for second gear are not cheap. My 1st and 2nd gear had crack tooth so here goes $250 for gear cluster, 150 for second gear synch assbly. Now i have a problem. My fifth gear moves when i give gas and moves back when i let go of gas. Does anyone know what this is? I was reading that the nut gets loos the one that is in the last case of the tranny. Is that what it is? Does anyone have any info on this?

Thanks MIke.

 

[unior]

I did my tranny rebuild and the synchros for second gear are not cheap. My 1st and 2nd gear had crack tooth so here goes $250 for gear cluster, 150 for second gear synch assbly. Now i have a problem. My fifth gear moves when i give gas and moves back when i let go of gas. Does anyone know what this is? I was reading that the nut gets loos the one that is in the last case of the tranny. Is that what it is? Does anyone have any info on this?

Thanks MIke.

well its not hard to pop the rear cover off the trans to find out

but you say 150 for 2nd gear synchro assembly alone!