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On 3 Jun 2006 at 10:14, Keith Park wrote: > I guess I really need to sit down with my Bentley and educate myself on > Trannies. They are my weak spot as far as working on the innards... I > suppose minute changes in dimensions of the new bearing vs. old one could > translate into bigger changes elsewhere. Of course actually pulling one of > these trannies apart would really help me too. > > I wonder if I could make the expensive case simulating fixture with an old > case and a Hammer? I made an adjustment jig out of an old case. I used a hole saw to cut some access holes in the side so I could get to the shift fork clamp bolts. It works fine, but you have to be aware that there were 2 case styles, so I actually had to make some adaptor shims in order to accommodate both styles of trannys. I would expect bearing dimensions to be MUCH more precise than needed here, so that readjustment should not be necessary just because of a bearing replacement, but is this the bearing that has a spring behind it? If so, you might get the old bearing out, but you would need access to the backside to compress the spring and push the shaft back into the bearing far enough to get the snap ring on it. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~