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Message: [QUOTE="euroford, post: 1498601, member: 17667"] Thanks man, i'll shoot you a PM, but I think i'm pretty good to go. Since i'm only replacing the 6th gear assembly, my disassembly was minimal and only entailed the 1/R and 6th. Gears were pulled off using a cobbled together assembly of both the 6" and 8" Harbor Freight gear pullers, so it was nice to accomplish this for about $15. Not being able to get behind the 6th gear hub to pull off the roller bearing race, i just cut about a 3rd of the way through the race with a die grinder and cut off wheel and then popped it once with a small chisel. easy! replacement race is only 11 bucks. Parts are on the way, though i doubt i'll have time for reassembly until after the new year. I haven't entirely figured out re-assembly yet, since I don't have access to a press i'm thinking this will involve warming parts in the oven, finding the right sized pipe and then hammering the **** out of it with a deadblow. in the meantime i've been seriously occupied with cleanup duty. long story short, 6th gear failure was due to loss of fluid.... so yeah.... very messy. wrapped up cleanup yesterday and decided to take on another project. I have an under dash gauge pod that holds my fuel pressure gauge, hydra tuner switch and turbosmart boost controller. I always found it very annoying that when shifting into 1st and 3rd the shift lever would clack off the fuel pressure gauge since the rubber bushing in the shift level allows the lever to flex. since i've never had a vehicle with any kind of rubber flex joint in the shift lever i've decided to eliminate this by welding in a solid steel tube. Though I might catch more vibration through the shift lever, this will allow plenty of clearance to my dash and i figure also a much more positive shift feel. anybody else tried this out? [/QUOTE]

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