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Originally Posted by aznpoopy
i figured someone on these forums had to have done it before. thanks for the info man.
the reason i think this looks doable is because the bearing is seated right on the end of the input shaft. no need to pull off 20 gears and bearings and synchros etc to get to it.
pull out the tranny with a bit of disassembly, mark where it sits, pull it off with a puller and drive the new one back on. resassemble, done and done. is that pretty much the whole job?
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yup.. that's about it.. but make sure you get a "long arm claw puller" with two or three hooks. And if you don't have a brass pinch. Just use a screwdriver but be very careful and only hit the inside of the race. And get a tube of red RTV. Once you take those bolts in the middle off both half comes apart. RTV it very good or it will leak. Also you need a snap rap piler or a screw driver. For the snap ring that's around the bearing. The snap ring will be a little fun.
And when you take the cover off inside the bell housing there will be shims, They are for counter shaft end play. Don't LOOSE THOSE.
I also recommand that you call around make sure that whoever you're getting the bearing from have them in stock. When I got mine it costed me around $35 bucks. And if you get a bearing with plastic bearing casing it's even better. Because it will run cooler than then stock metal casing.
NemeGuero.. well... the rest of my tranmission looks good. The synros are worn a little but it's not badly damage. So I didn't do anything else to it. But like I said. If your input shaft seals have even a little tear on it. I would replace it.
I've covered almost everything and any possible fuck ups... just take your time. Don't be a bull in a china shop. It should take less then an hour and a half if you have everything in front of you. Keep in mind.. there's like 5-6 bearing in the KA transmission... spin the input and make sure it the input shaft bearing.
Edit: and also don't get the reverse and the other senders switched or you'll have no reverse light. And yes you will have to take those off senders off (there's 2) in order to get the transmssion apart.