Can anybody give me a quick run down of what I'm going to face changing the speedometer drive gear in my T5? Do I just remove the tailhousing and replace it or should I expect a headache?

Anybody know of a tech article maybe even with pictures anywhere? Thanks!

 

ABIRD4U2NV did it in 10 minutes the other day.

 

Great that much is good


But how did he do it?

 

TPI ROC, to change the drive gear you must take the tailshaft off the transmission, its 4 bolts. the gear is on the shaft of the tranny. I haven't done it, the gear badbird is refering to is the driven gear, on the VSS, I change it in 10 minutes. But yes you are correct to change the drive gear you must take the tailshaft off.

 

The driven gear is very easy I can see that being 10 minutes worth of work, heck i've done it twice already before i realized i had a 8 tooth drive gear :sillylol:

I realize the 4 bolts for the tailshaft, Maybe even the shifter ... ?

Getting into it im not afraid of, i just dont know and haven't seen what kind of things i'll have to go through on the inside. It can't be on the shaft as its a tiny worm gear, not like the big one wrapped around the 700r4 shaft

Anyways Im still on the lookout for information, anybody who knows anything fill me in