11/23/00
Kevin,
A strange question perhaps, but is there actually a front seal on
this transmission? Volvo 4-speeds, all American 3-speeds, and all
British-made Morris Minor 4-speeds I have ever disassembled, are without
front seals as such. I have never worked with any American 4- or 5-speeds
so do not know what they have. These others just rely on a close fit of
the front bearing retainer around the shaft, as well as a partial shield on
the inside face of the front bearing to control oil. Some also have a
spiral groove cut into the main drive gear shaft which is supposed to
"spiral" oil back into the transmission, through a return hole, due to
shaft rotation.
Can't help with the jamup problem you describe. Surely somebody
else will be able to. Torque specs are also unknown to me but I suspect
are not crucial. I certainly hope you have not actually dropped any needle
bearings. In my experience, this usually involves quite a bit of extra
work.
Will keep my fingers crossed for you.
Cheers,
Dave K.
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>I went to replace the front seal on my T5 transmission before bolting up
>to the Buick 215 (it probably didn't need it but I figured it to be a
>good idea). Anyway, once I had it bolted up the input shaft wouldn't
>turn. It would budge at all until I had backed off the bolts quite a
>bit and even then it wouldn't turn all of the way. When I first removed
>the front cover, the input shaft pulled out a little ways and I'm afraid
>that there are some needle bearing inside (where the main shaft goes in
>to the input shaft) that have dropped out and jammed, but I do not have
>a workshop manual on the transmission. Does any one have any words of
>wisdom?? I'm going to go pull the top cover and see if there is
>something that I can see from there (like how to remove the input
>shaft). I also need torque settings for the front cover and now the top
>cover bolts. I also need to know what fluid should be used in the
>transmission (gear oil, ATF??) and how much (since I don't think that
>the overflow plug will be correctly positioned since the transmission
>will be level now. The tranny is from an '84 V8 Camaro. Thanks and
>Happy Thanksgiving to those that will be celebrating it. Sunny and 50
>degrees here in Missouri!
>
>Kevin Brown
>Odessa, MO
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