ndndndnd

Hi all,

I'm contemplating rebuilding my T5, which has a few shifting issues.

Unfortunately, I don't own a shop press. How necessary are these to take apart the main shaft etc? The shop manual refers to an Arbor press, and many online tutorials recommend using one, and yet in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbD7MP_52gc

it pretty much comes apart in his hands (so long as one of the hands is holding a big hammer...)

I can pick up a press for £80 or so, but I may only end up using it once. I have bearing separators, drifts, vices and many hammers... so do I need one?

Admittedly I could take it to a local shop and have them do it... but that would be a PITA and I think I'd rather buy one!

Mine is probably a NWC T5, if that makes any difference.

Cheers for any advice, experience or tips!

ND

midias

If you have the means to remove the bearings I would do it your self then have a shop press on new ones.

sofakingdom

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You can use a BFH instead of a press.

Support 1st gear, strike the end of the mainshaft. Use something to pad the hammer blows, like a wood block or a brass drift; or, use a dead-blow hammer. DO NOT take a regular hammer and hit the shaft directly!! You would be very likely to chip, break, or shatter something that way.

It's not a particularly tight fit, should come apart with relatively light effort.

ndndndnd

Good advice sofa, thanks!

Does the same go for reinstallation? Would it be feasible to reinstall by supporting the gear and hammering the shaft, or much better to find some pipe and hit the gear directly? Or is reinstallation a press-only affair?

Cheers!

jmd

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I have made very good use of my 20 ton hydraulic press. I imagine you've the equivalent in Sealey or another import. If you're totally not going to use one again, sell it. If it's space, put it on rollers or trim the base.

And if you manage to make it through the rebuild with out needing one, don't open the packaging or have picked it up.

As for arbor, I would skip it and go hydro.

Don't manage to tweak a synchro or race by up punching things . . . .

sofakingdom

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For "shifting issues" however, I would advise leaving the transmission alone, and instead, replacing the clutch and pilot bushing/bearing.

ndndndnd

I've actually posted about my 'shifter issues' before:

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tran...diagnosis.html

and you, sofa, helpfully advised me that one of the shifter forks might be bent. I figured that if I'm going to have to open up the transmission, and if there are likely to be signs of abuse, I may as well open it up and just re-build the damn thing!

I can get a shop press shipped relatively quickly, so I may hold off ordering one and just get in a rebuild kit and see how I get on... *deep breath*

Cheers,

ND

Abubaca

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I bought a shop press from harbor freight when I did mine. Even with the purchase price of the press and a few other tools I didn't have, I still came out well below the price of having a shop do it.

...not sure how easy it'd be without, but WITH the press, the job was pretty easy.