Tearing apart the tranny...

[niterydr]

Originally Posted by tpunx99GSX

OK so i got the tranny out in my GST because i would like to see what the damage is. I am planning on buying a FWD tranny this week and just having it shipped here. There is a guy thats selling one in florida, Unless any of you guys are selling a built one (which i would take right away, pm me if you got one).
Back to the subject. So i took off all of the bolts, the top cover of the tranny, (the little one) when i try to take off the main housing it seperates from the bell housing (or whatever its called) and it only seperates about an inch and it seems like its caught on something. Anyone know any tricks to getting this tranny apart? or can someone scan some of the pages of the transmission manual on how to get the bitch apart.
thanks
Tom

Did you remove the two gears off the end of the trans? (36mm nut).

Unless you trans looks like that, you will not get the mid-casing off.

That pic has the 2 gears off, the 5th gear assembly, 5th gear shift fork, detent balls for the shift rails all removed.

[tpunx99GSX]

Originally Posted by niterydr

Did you remove the two gears off the end of the trans? (36mm nut).

Unless you trans looks like that, you will not get the mid-casing off.

That pic has the 2 gears off, the 5th gear assembly, 5th gear shift fork, detent balls for the shift rails all removed.

Yeah i didnt take the two 5th gears off because i didnt know if it needed to be off. I got the 5th gear shift fork out though.
On that 36mm bolt it has two notches where it looks like they pound it in so that it doesnt move. do i just take a screw driver and bend the notches out again?