ArokASE88LXi
05-09-2009, 12:15 PM
Ok my 86 lxi has had a clutch disaster. When it belonged to my friend we did the clutch in it approximately 20k ago. I had been having to adjust the clutch tighter (screwing adj. in/tighter) until it finally just didn't really work well. So the other day I took the tranny out & in doing so found another problem(which I'll get to later). Anyway now that the transmission is out for the clutch problem I need to address another issue. Third gear in the previous few months has been harder to get into gear and once in gear has been coming (popping) out of gear more and more. I've heard that this is commonly due to the syncro rings being worn out. If anyone has any suggestions for how to fix this i'm all ears! I've found the syncro ring kit and downloaded the manual but is there anything else I need to know about replacing the syncro rings? Is it simply replacing them or do you have to do any prep work to them or anything inside the transmission? Also lately I've had to move the shifter farther it seems to engage any given gear. The bushing on the selector is a little worn so i'll replace that but could this also be due to shift fork clearance on the selector gear being out of specification?
Anyways as i was removing the transmission the drivers side axle would not come out of the transmission. I tried a big pry bar I tried a hammer and a big 1/2" extension but it barely moved! (being a tech i've removed literally hundreds of axles) So i decided the best thing to do was to leave the axle stub in there and simply take apart the axle. Once I removed the transmission (and found the clutch friction had separated from the disc) I was able to remove the stub but only after a good 2-3 minutes of hammering on it! the retainer ring was not damaged and looked to be in good condition. Has this ever happened to any of you? Any ideas on what it could be??
Please help i'd like to get this thing back together and finally be able to drive it again.
Anyways as i was removing the transmission the drivers side axle would not come out of the transmission. I tried a big pry bar I tried a hammer and a big 1/2" extension but it barely moved! (being a tech i've removed literally hundreds of axles) So i decided the best thing to do was to leave the axle stub in there and simply take apart the axle. Once I removed the transmission (and found the clutch friction had separated from the disc) I was able to remove the stub but only after a good 2-3 minutes of hammering on it! the retainer ring was not damaged and looked to be in good condition. Has this ever happened to any of you? Any ideas on what it could be??
Please help i'd like to get this thing back together and finally be able to drive it again.