The Gearbox & Diff thread
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The Gearbox & Diff thread
As most of you know, I've rebuilt a few gearboxes now
I've recently been searching for the cheapest source of bearings. I thought I did pretty well ordering a complete bearing kit for the US which ended up being $260 odd landed, until today. Full set of 4 shaft bearings & seals from the local bearing guy at Riverstone (lol) for 88 bucks! If anyones interested in part numbers, I can scan the receipt up later.
I've recently been searching for the cheapest source of bearings. I thought I did pretty well ordering a complete bearing kit for the US which ended up being $260 odd landed, until today. Full set of 4 shaft bearings & seals from the local bearing guy at Riverstone (lol) for 88 bucks! If anyones interested in part numbers, I can scan the receipt up later.
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That is cheap! Post up his details please
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Re: Gearbox bearings
Are they of good quality though?
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Nah Ben loves pulling his box out.spetz wrote:Are they of good quality though?
That sounded wrong.
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Again great find Ben .
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Can they supply cheap wheel bearings?
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Can't see why not. Im going to visit him again tomorrow for diff bearings, but unfortunately I dont have an old wheel bearing to take with me to match up..
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Oh sweet, will probably need these.
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Re: Gearbox bearings
hey bennoz I don't know if you know but is that gearbox bearing for tip gearboxes aswell ????
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Re: Gearbox bearings
Is it possible for you to buy me a complete kit for the gearbox rebuild and send it up here to me
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Well mate, to be honest, it would be easier to order the kit from the US lol
http://cobratransmission.com/index.php? ... d=50089001
From the price in the top post ($88), I then forgot about the 2 diff bearings, which was another $55, then one of the shaft bearings didn't fit, only place to get the correct one from was Mitsubishi at $95, plus the 2 main oil seals @ $22 each.
All the penny pinching I tried to do by getting everything locally was pretty much pointless when you add in my time & fuel driving around getting all this stuff
Especially when that US kit is $260 landed, plus has a bunch of other seals that I didn't need at this stage.
http://cobratransmission.com/index.php? ... d=50089001
From the price in the top post ($88), I then forgot about the 2 diff bearings, which was another $55, then one of the shaft bearings didn't fit, only place to get the correct one from was Mitsubishi at $95, plus the 2 main oil seals @ $22 each.
All the penny pinching I tried to do by getting everything locally was pretty much pointless when you add in my time & fuel driving around getting all this stuff
Especially when that US kit is $260 landed, plus has a bunch of other seals that I didn't need at this stage.
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Damn
Only things for the autos aren't bearings
http://cobratransmission.com/index.php? ... word=w5a42
That's the 5spd... though the 4spd was the same.
Only things for the autos aren't bearings
http://cobratransmission.com/index.php? ... word=w5a42
That's the 5spd... though the 4spd was the same.
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So this will work with a 5spd LSD tip or not?
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read my comment above yours.Shhtuart wrote:So this will work with a 5spd LSD tip or not?
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Tip??? At what stage have you seen me open up a tip box? lol, off to the auto tranny $peciali$t for you lot
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So that kit has everything you need in it to rebuild it and how hard is the rebuild I am a apprentice mechanic so I'm pretty knowledgeable but as I work on euro luxury cars they are all autos so I have never got to do a gearbox rebuild
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Yeah its got everything you need bar syncros. If you want the kit with the syncros you can get it from the same place, but its about $450.Shenal wrote:So that kit has everything you need in it to rebuild it and how hard is the rebuild I am a apprentice mechanic so I'm pretty knowledgeable but as I work on euro luxury cars they are all autos so I have never got to do a gearbox rebuild
Not overly hard to do, its a bit of make it up as you go along though as the manual is rubbish. Tells you that you need a special tool for every cog to press off
But speaking of pressing stuff off, you will need a press to do the job.
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Re: The Gearbox & Diff thread
Ok, so Im trying collate a few gearbox part numbers to try & identifiy what diff comes in what box.
If I could get those of you that know your box & diff type to post up their gearbox number, that would be great!
The number is located on the bellhousing just above the clutch slave. It will always start with F5M42 as that is the gearbox type.
Example:
Ok, I have 3 boxes in my garage at the moment
F5M42 2-2R7A / AA5171 - 5 speed manual - standard full slip diff
F5M42 2-2R7A / TT1471 - 5 speed manual - standard full slip diff
F5M42 2-V7A6 / VA4906 - 5 speed manual - helical LSD
Feel free to copy & paste the list. I have a feeling the numbers in bold will be the identifying numbers judging by the above....
If I could get those of you that know your box & diff type to post up their gearbox number, that would be great!
The number is located on the bellhousing just above the clutch slave. It will always start with F5M42 as that is the gearbox type.
Example:
Ok, I have 3 boxes in my garage at the moment
F5M42 2-2R7A / AA5171 - 5 speed manual - standard full slip diff
F5M42 2-2R7A / TT1471 - 5 speed manual - standard full slip diff
F5M42 2-V7A6 / VA4906 - 5 speed manual - helical LSD
Feel free to copy & paste the list. I have a feeling the numbers in bold will be the identifying numbers judging by the above....
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Re: The Gearbox & Diff thread
Great stuff Ben
I checked my gearbox number and mine is:
F5M42 2-V7A6 XC3339
And by the way mines a 1999 GP Version R, 5 Speed Manual, if that helps in any way.
I checked my gearbox number and mine is:
F5M42 2-V7A6 XC3339
And by the way mines a 1999 GP Version R, 5 Speed Manual, if that helps in any way.
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