I just finished installing my obx lsd, but after everything went back together without cracking the housing like I usually do. I started to put the spring bolts, and when I tried to put in the reverse idler shaft bolt in I discover that the hole in the shaft is not lined up with the housing, so I had to take apart again, while expanding the snap ring the attachment from the pliers fell in the tranny next to the shifter shaft. but I forgot about it, then when I put the case back together I put a crack in the counter shaft bearing while trying to seat the snap ring. so I say ---- its gonna stay cracked

so I finished the install with a cracked countershaft bearing,
and small piece of brass from my snap ring pliers in my tranny.
and dont give a ---- because I am pissed

 

haha sounds like a clean install

 

rebuilding a fwd tranny is a pain in the ***, rwd tranny's are so much easier

 

i hate the ol' "ahhh i'm done... wait i forgot one thing, now i have to disassemble everything i just did" usually happens about four times before i declare a project "done"

 

the fucked up thing is that this is the 1st time I reassembled the tranny without cracking the housing or the bearing and it only took me an 2 hours, to dissasemble and reassemble, that including taking it the diff to my work shop and pressing off the bearings and speedo gear. I was happy and ready to celibrate so I crack open an old E 40 oz. but I notice the bolt would not go into the reverse idler shaft, so I tried to line it up with a screwdriver, and it just bend, so I took it apart and crack the bearing. this was on my tranny, I have to do the same on my boy's tranny when he come back from the field.