Hard to replace shift fork?
 

I'm going to be dropping an ls motor into my rex and this guy says he'll give me a ls tranny for $50 but it needs a new shift fork. How hard is it to change this out?

on a scale 1-10
1 being changing oil and 10 being engine internals.

Re:Hard to replace shift fork?
 

it can be pretty tough but id guess that if it needs a shift fork its gonna need quite a few other gears, he was probably shifting it hard as ---- and grinding syncros... it may have taken out other gears when the shift fork broke... did you ever see what happend to BBKA's tranny?

Re:Hard to replace shift fork?
 

The shift forks are made out of cast aluminum so they break easy when someone jams it home hard. I have seen 3 l3 transmissions with a broken shift fork.. only one person new they had a problem.. but if that loose piece comes around and gets into the spinning gears, you are done for. It takes a bit of work to get to the shift fork, but if you have tinkered with a trans before it's not hard... just watch out for the spring loaded ball bearing that is in the fork where it meets the shaft. If you haven't worked on a transmission it's better to have someone show you how to do it. But if there is a broken shift fork who knows what else is broken until it's all opened up and revealed. When mine went it went like a grenade going off in there.