bhmlton

Good day, I got the trans out yesterday and opened it up in my work shop. What I found was that the outer race on the main shaft end bearing had come off and was working its way in to the transmission. When it met with the 5th gear hub, it caused damage to the teeth on the hub. It appears that the shaft was able to slide back at some point and it actually started to do a bit of end mill type work on the aluminum of the housing. I've attached some photos. It's hard to see in the pictures, but about half of the outer race was exposed from the housing. Upon close inspection of the bearing I found that there is no "lip" on one side of the bearing to retain the balls. Apparently I had it installed the wrong way. The one side with a "lip" should have been facing outboard. There was plenty of aluminum shavings and some steel shavings in the case. The heat from the hub apparently passed in to the 5th gear as it shows some "blueing". I think it will be alright though. I checked several places on line and it is no longer available. I have a new bearing, hub, synchro ring and spring, and sleeve on order. They come as a set.
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