Bone1

no pics of the "other" bearing?

FULLY strip the shafts and remove ALL bearings for cleaning. Also remove the oil guides and clean behind there.

Your gonna need 4-5 cans of carb cleaner.

StinkyFeet

yea, I uploaded the pictures, and guess I never posted it.. O well, it looks lake scuffed up bearings, with no shell, and no roller/spacer thingies... (technical term?)

I used a buttload of brake parts cleaner, a air nozzle, and a magnet picker upper thingie... Got her pretty clean.

Im gonna put it back together, and then go looking for a backup transmission, as this one already has over 200,000...


PS: (I guess this is what I get for trying to save a buck)

Bone1

not to be an ***............well I'm an -------.........

but I see another failure in your future.

StinkyFeet

well, hopefully I can find a backup to replace her soon anyway. I just dont want to dump a bunch of money into this one, and still not do it right (Right would be new synchros, bearings, seals, everything.. ) and I dont have the time/experience yet to take on that task.
I think Ill just put this one back in, and find a lesser mile tranny as a spare.

StinkyFeet

Ok,

Got everything in, and working yesterday... went to supper, came back (brian was gonna help me put it in the car)...
So its going on 8pm, and we're making sure everything is correct before putting the case back together... and we find this:


Apparently, when I was test fitting for the shim earlier in the day, I was tightening the case down, and it wouldn't seat correctly... I decided it was the new diff bearing that needed to press itself into the outer casing... so I keep torquing the bolts little by little, when all of the sudden, SNAP... (from inside the transmission (I had at the time assumed it was only the snap-ring seating, as that was the reason the case wouldn't fit correctly), but it was the bearing that the snap-ring seats on /\ that cracked. (I know, im an idiot for forgetting to seat the snap ring).

Anyway, It was too late to order a new bearing (8pm), so I called hondapartsunlimited in arizona, and they said they would ship one out in the morning and be here Saturday... So I ordered it. (setting me back two more days)...

I figured, hell, why not call appletree honda this morning, and see if by some odd chance they had the bearing... and guess what? They DiD :woot
I went and picked it up, pressed it in, and just finished putting the tranny back together.. YEY!! If all goes well, its going back in the car this afternoon.

Pics
Pressing the cracked bearing off:


tranny all apart:


the original bad bearing:

Bone1

what the hell is that contraption??

just HAMMERTIME!

StinkyFeet

haha...
$25 at harbour freight, and it can't be beat.

PS. if it makes you feel any better, i hammered it back on. (rubber hammer, + socket = pie)

Hitchhikkr

Brass is your friend. Glad to see your getting it back together.
Shadyside tonight?Lol!

Bone1

"soft steel" hammer with 1956 date stamp on it, it was my grandfathers, about 2 pounds of weight.

StinkyFeet

Thanks all.. She's working again. Lived to see another day.