Hi everyone, I'm in the middle of a rebuild of my T5 and I'm coming across a strange issue:
When the tailhousing is bolted to the case, and bearing retainer bolted on w/NO shims, I'm only reading .004" of endplay...seems waaaayyy too tight to me from everything I've read online/using the Tremec manuals. My smallest shim is .012", which is the minimum that Tremec specifies to use in conjunction w/other shims. I also had alot of drag turning the input shaft, but I believe I've diagnosed that down to the reverse brake synchro having some trash in it, so the measurements have been taken with the 5th drive gear out.
I've rechecked everything I can think of but I can't find why I seem to have such a tight clearance. All the gears except both 5ths are new (Astro upgraded 2.95 gearset, not A-5), bearings, synchros, etc are new from the 94 piece latemodelresto kit. I have made sure the 3-4 hub and input shaft bearing are both pressed all the way down.
Any help of things to look for would be great!
When the tailhousing is bolted to the case, and bearing retainer bolted on w/NO shims, I'm only reading .004" of endplay...seems waaaayyy too tight to me from everything I've read online/using the Tremec manuals. My smallest shim is .012", which is the minimum that Tremec specifies to use in conjunction w/other shims. I also had alot of drag turning the input shaft, but I believe I've diagnosed that down to the reverse brake synchro having some trash in it, so the measurements have been taken with the 5th drive gear out.
I've rechecked everything I can think of but I can't find why I seem to have such a tight clearance. All the gears except both 5ths are new (Astro upgraded 2.95 gearset, not A-5), bearings, synchros, etc are new from the 94 piece latemodelresto kit. I have made sure the 3-4 hub and input shaft bearing are both pressed all the way down.
Any help of things to look for would be great!