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shucks Posted by Cmyles [Email] (#1126) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Cmyles) on Mon, 25 May 2015 14:43:56 In Reply to: Re: I feel like a cheshire cat - Part II, Saabina [Profile/Gallery] , Mon, 25 May 2015 13:45:57 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Saabina,
Geez I hate to be a downer but "bits of thin mangled metal" is a bad thing. The 1-2 shift fork clip is just essentially a piece of piano wire about an inch and a half long bent into a D shape so when it breaks you find a short, straight piece of wire (0.078" thick) and usually about 1/2" long. the rest usually stays in place even though it's not doing anything. If you have "bits of thin mangled metal" those are most likely from one of the synchromesh guide rings that keep the synchromesh springs in place.
When a guide ring breaks up that eventually leads to the failure of a synchro assembly and inability to engage the associated gear. Those aren't particularly bad parts to have to replace during a rebuild, there still are good used guide rings and synchro parts around. At 196,000 miles the bearings in that five speed are pretty much running on borrowed time but the fact that it's working well is a big plus. As I've said, these days it's much easier and cheaper to re-bearing a good working unit than to fix one with broken gears.
Another source for the "bits" would be the oil cup in the chaincase and that would usually be no big problem but it's much less common than a guide ring problem. It's also possible that the "bits" are unrelated and got in there through the input shaft cover or filler hole but how likely is that? (Not very.) If you can post a good close-up picture of them I can probably tell whether they are guide ring pieces.
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