Transmission Teardown
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Once you have your transmission removed from the car and on your bench, we can begin. Have a good size area to work with and lay out plastic bags, cardboard and/or shop towels for laying out the parts and for any fluid spills. Also a good idea of to have extra shop towels handy. It also pays to be able to walk on both sides of the workbench, saves from moving the transmission around.
NOTE: If you have left the slave cylinder and hard-line attached, be sure to block off the hard-line to avoid fluid spraying out!!
- First we start by removing the 10mm bolts holding the 5th gear pan and removing any leftover CV ends that may have been difficult during transmission removal.
2. Once the gear cover has been removed, you will now have access to 5th gear and the primary and secondary shaft lock nuts. Unstake the locknuts and remove. (this may require an airgun)
3. Once you remove the locknuts, remove the top 2 gears, pay close attention to the order of the parts when removing them. The gears lift up and off the shafts with ease. It is a good idea when removing your parts, to lay them out on your bench in the order they came off and in groups of where they came off of.
4. Now to remove the fork arm. First, with a punch, remove the pin sleeve locking the arm to the shaft. Then lift the fork arm off the shaft. Again, paying close attention to the order of the parts.
5. Once the fork arm is removed, you can now remove the 5th gears. They just slide up and off the shafts.
