ls 5th gear in b16 hydro or cable?
01-24-2007, 10:53 AM
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ls 5th gear in b16 hydro or cable?
i have a 00 si b16 tranny and would like to put an ls 5th gear in it. however, the question popped in my mind, can i use either gears from the ls trannies, 90-93, and 94-01. since mine is hydro, do i have to use the gears from hydro trannies only or cable trannies as well. im a commuter and travel all the time and i figure using a ls fifth gear would help mostly on gas. thanks for viewing and please give some inputs. thanks
01-24-2007, 04:34 PM
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Its easy - when you open the tranny, 5th gear is right at the top of both shafts. You do have to remove both shafts, to do this.
A good (Helms) manual is highly recommended
Open the case and pull both shafts and forks (as a full assembly)
Pull housing bearing from input shaft
Pull 5th gear, replace with ls.
Replace bearing
You do not need a bearing separator for the input shaft.
Unstake counter shaft nut, remove.
Use a bearing separator to remove upper bearing.
Pull countershaft 5th, replace with ls.
Press bearing back on, replace nut, stake it.
Replace both shafts and forks together, as a whole assembly, as you did when you removed them.
After I did mine, Id say the heardest part, of the whole 5th gear swap, is getting the tranny housings back together....
All youre doing is replacing 2 gears. If you take it apart in steps, it all goes back together in exact reverse.
THIS is the separator I used.
You'll need a bearing puller too, along with some kind of thick shim (the same size as the bearing) to use in conjunction with the puller - I used a stack of 5 washers, jb weld'd together (worked awesome)
Modified by pdiggitydogg at 8:48 PM 1/24/2007
A good (Helms) manual is highly recommended
Open the case and pull both shafts and forks (as a full assembly)
Pull housing bearing from input shaft
Pull 5th gear, replace with ls.
Replace bearing
You do not need a bearing separator for the input shaft.
Unstake counter shaft nut, remove.
Use a bearing separator to remove upper bearing.
Pull countershaft 5th, replace with ls.
Press bearing back on, replace nut, stake it.
Replace both shafts and forks together, as a whole assembly, as you did when you removed them.
After I did mine, Id say the heardest part, of the whole 5th gear swap, is getting the tranny housings back together....
All youre doing is replacing 2 gears. If you take it apart in steps, it all goes back together in exact reverse.
THIS is the separator I used.
You'll need a bearing puller too, along with some kind of thick shim (the same size as the bearing) to use in conjunction with the puller - I used a stack of 5 washers, jb weld'd together (worked awesome)
Modified by pdiggitydogg at 8:48 PM 1/24/2007
02-24-2007, 05:58 PM
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Re: (AlienKrOZ)
Yeah, it would be nice to know a little more about some of the technical information about a gear swap like this. I'm going to be driving back and forth to VT this fall and cruising at 4000+rpms @ 70mph doesnt appeal to me.
What type of effect would it have on the overall performance of the B16 transmission?
Would it effect the FD?
thanks
What type of effect would it have on the overall performance of the B16 transmission?
Would it effect the FD?
thanks
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