RetroGT2006
06 S197 Member
This is impressive.. I am the same way as Brian aka Skwerl, If I took it apart, it will never go back together.. Or at least correctly.. This is awesome!
100% completely and utterly lost. I'm impressed, and I'll be leaving any and all transmission work to folks like yourself who understand it. The one thing I've gained from this is the absolute knowledge that I have no business opening up a transmission because there's no way in hell it will ever go back together.
100% completely and utterly lost. I'm impressed, and I'll be leaving any and all transmission work to folks like yourself who understand it. The one thing I've gained from this is the absolute knowledge that I have no business opening up a transmission because there's no way in hell it will ever go back together.
for those that don't know, the bronze shift pads are better/stronger than the plastic parts they are replacing but the shift is a little harsher and life expectancy out of those are drastically cut. this is probably why ford doesn't use them. bronze is soft and wears alot faster. also, one of the tricks of the trade is to drill another hole thru each shaft and fork and use 2 new hardened pins for each fork. those pins have been sheared. And never, NEVER reuse the pins!! I will leave the other few mods alone as this is the bread and butter of tranny builders. but with these few mods alone coupled with a hardened input, you should be good for 700 or so rear wheel torque. you'll need a bearing splitter and shop press if you go further to disassembling the gearsets
I didn't see it posted here or in other threads, so here's a link to the PDF version of the 3650 Service Manual for anyone interested (and I do realize it's not for the remote mount version we have): http://www.core-shifters.com/TR3650_Service_Manual.pdf
I did that shit and had no idea what I was doing, but I learned
and I have the trans back together correctly.