Re: You Are Stupid
If I was to suggest a repair then I would get the internal diameters of the gears ground lightly, a 100% clean up would be good but not absolutely necessary, bore out the two housing bores and make a new hardened shaft.
Any pits inside the gears after grinding with say a 95% clean up would hold oil, not a bad thing.
A new shaft would be probably made from a case hardening steel heat treated for an outer hardness like the original and inner strength.
As long as the housing had some unmarked bore surfaces left they could be aligned and bored a few thou bigger.
The gears probably have a hard skin so not to much can be taken off them.
Accuracy would be required, but that should not be beyond the capabilities of a good machine shop.
It is entirely possible that the gears and shafts are common to many other cars and are available off the shelf. Finding them is the problem.
Any clicks that I have had from drive trains came from the CV joints.
From the manual;
DRIVELINE SNAP
A snap or clunk noise when the vehicle is shifted into gear (or the clutch engaged), can be caused by:
High engine idle speed.
Transmission shift operation.
Loose engine/transmission.
Worn U-joints.
Loose pinion gear nut and yoke.
Excessive ring gear backlash.
Excessive side gear to case clearance.
Damaged halfshafts.
The source of a snap or a clunk noise can be determined with the assistance of a helper. Raise and support the vehicle on a hoist with the wheels free to rotate. Instruct the helper to shift the transmission into gear. Listen for the noise, a mechanics stethoscope is helpful in isolating the source of a noise.
Last edited by onehundred80; Jul 29, 2010 at 01:44 PM.