jdubois
Jedi Warrior
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I'm currently rebuilding a three-rail gearbox for a GT6 MkIII I'm restoring, and I'm about at the point I can put it all back together after replacing about half the parts in it. Reverse was mostly obliterated, and the syncro teeth on 2nd and 3rd were worn badly from running a while on used up rings, and of course the one thrust washer that's hard to find was in four pieces.
Anyway, I'm contemplating getting this all back in the case and I'm not quite sure how to get the mainshaft and its bearing back in place without the factory tool that mimics the input shaft to hold the mainshaft centered and at the correct depth while you drive the bearing into the case. I see there's a guy currently on eBay selling the correct Churchill tool for $150, and I'll bite the bullet and buy it if I have to, but just wondering if anybody else had any clever method to do it without the tool? I could probably fabricated something, but that might be more trouble than $150 is worth. I could just insert the input shaft first, but I don't really want to be banging on the little roller bearing that fits between the input shaft and the mainshaft.
Anyway, I'm contemplating getting this all back in the case and I'm not quite sure how to get the mainshaft and its bearing back in place without the factory tool that mimics the input shaft to hold the mainshaft centered and at the correct depth while you drive the bearing into the case. I see there's a guy currently on eBay selling the correct Churchill tool for $150, and I'll bite the bullet and buy it if I have to, but just wondering if anybody else had any clever method to do it without the tool? I could probably fabricated something, but that might be more trouble than $150 is worth. I could just insert the input shaft first, but I don't really want to be banging on the little roller bearing that fits between the input shaft and the mainshaft.