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Here are the two replacement bearings from Pelican Parts ($400!) that I pushed into the transmission intermediate plate after heating it up with the orange heat gun to the left.
They went in surprisingly easy.
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Here are the new synchro rings to fix the grinding 1st/2nd gears. They are $65 apiece and have a special molybdenum coating for proper friction during shifting.
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I removed the snap rings from 1st, 2nd and 3rd gear to replace the synchro rings.
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Here we are torquing down the 12-point nuts that hold the bearing shield in place. This is the same 12-point tool that I used to remove the CV joints under the car.
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Here is a badly worn 1st gear synchro ring. if you click on the picture and look at the cross-section on the left, you'll see the bottom edge very worn down. No wonder 1st and 2nd gear were grinding!
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Here are the two transmission shafts inserted into the intermediate plate. There were too many parts to hold, so I had to wait for my friend Rick to come over (while on a date, no less) and hold this assembly together while I hammered on the inner race pieces for the shaft bearings.
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Here is the gear assembly with all shafts, shifting rods and gears in place.
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I'm almost ready to put these two pieces back together; however, there are still old gaskets on the transmission edges and I have to scrape those off first.
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