>well since i have to rip apart my tranny for the damn input
>shaft bearing/seal anyway, i will prob get the slipp in dif
>and brackets also. One question though, you guys say that its
>much easier to put the halves back together by the bell
>housing on the ground, and putting the casing up side down on
>top of it when putting it back together?



Hey Matt, I've turned that thing 4 diferent ways trying to find the best to do this, and I believe the way to go is to leave the tranny part with all the gearing on the bottom, and drop the bellhousing on to the gears, BUT use a TON of grease and have the roller bearing IN the bellhousing part of it, in its race. It won't fall out so long as you have enough grease in there, and if it does fall, you don't have enough grease! hehehe

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I think dropping the gearside down on to the bellhousing is the exact same concept in that you're keeping the roller bearing in the bellhousing, as you re-attach, and that's the key. The roller bearing needs to stay in the race of the bellhousing so it won't break. If you try and force it any other way, that plastic cage of the roller bearing won't stay together without the race holding everything together. And the roller bearing is the key to everything!

Since i have never
>done this, it may sound dumb, but wont the internals(gears,
>ect..) of the trans fall out when you put it upside down?

Yeah, it sounded dumb to me as well. I tried to do it that ways a couple of times, and it sure was awkward, but I think it's possible. Nothing should fall out except for the differential, and you actually keep that on the bellhousing side upside down. In any case, I'd go with the method I described above. It's basically the same thing, but it's a ton more lighter, manageable and accomplishes the same thing: keeping the roller bearing in the bellhousing race apart from the differential.

Hope this helps!

With this method, I was able to put them back together with an accurate drop of the bellhousing in a minute or so, while every other ways was a MAJOR PITA, buuuuuut worth hours of fun!
:rolleyes