I got he transmission all together but was having an issue getting the last snap ring to go on the bearing, I thought there was trick so thought id ask.
Everythings good and nothing locks up but just at this point.
Thanks in advanced

 

once you have it open and stuck open around the top part of the bearing, turn the tranny over and give it a good shake, then the whole shaft will move and the snap ring should snap in its groove on the bearing.

 

Got it, thanks man worked like a charm!

 

Y’all are too funny haha. I tell you what, the few I worked on has been a pain. Mine also when I first installed my lsd and final. I’m **** also about the thrust clearance and diff bearing clearance. All proper and was a pain the first time a couple years back. I just pulled trans I just swapped to stage 2 clutch and swapped 1-4 prepping to go boost. Set diff bearing clearance .0015 and thrust @ .0055 and man seating the clip a pain again. Maybe more so than last time. Brand new countershaft and mainshafy bearings just because. Clip carefully & smoothly over counter bearing as is sealed trans. I could even move the clip with my finger. Always very carefully here as I know how easy it is to deform the clip from back in day. I’m always careful so doing the usual tapping it down on 2x4/ 2x6 I even called it quits one evening. Learned my lesson about working on car frustrated.
So I found this thread and read just about the entire thing and it is entertaining 🤣 as well as made me feel better about just dropping down from higher and higher rather than just a few inches all paranoid hahaha. I already took the trans apart twice to triple check everything and all was spot on so I said fak it , I’ll just go higher and higher until it seats. Lo and behold , while it took a few to get where I needed but I was at a good 2 feet+ until it seated but it did and all is perfect!

anyways had to add to this long going thread that is very useful and I’m a firm believer that that even though all is proper and in spec his still can be a pain to seat. Some will seat easy, just by turning it around even, some with a light tap and sometimes as someone said earlier , have to atomic drop it from a couple feet 🤣. On a block of wood though you’d be surprised how much it “cushions” the trans. If being careful to do it flush and not angled etc it actually would take a lot to break the case I feel. I think we instinctively underestimate because we dont want to break it of course. I wish someone did a video on just how high you’d have to go to break it. That be a fun one! someone that has access to some junk k series trans. I’m curious just how high it could controllably be dropped from onto 2x6 before case cracks. I’m willing to bet it would have to be quite a bit 🤔

anyway moral of the story is quadruple check all specs is proper and everything is assembled properly and if you’re sure it is and the clip is smoothly in case groove and around the bearing.
Dont have to be afraid of dropping it controlled and carefully onto at least a 2” thick piece of soft wood. Wide enough that you don’t partially miss LOL. I mean I was up to over 2 feet on the orbit seated and when it hit the wood it actually didn’t seem as bad as I thought it would. Anyway I’m stoked and this makes the next time I work on one a lot more comforting to know. (I talked to very experienced techs that also said sometimes it is a bear) I feel way more comfortable doing this than prying up on the bearing groove using case as leverage, also wouldn’t want to pry up on countershaft through any access hole. Too many bad can happen. Gravity and wood as cushion are the best tools for this in my opinion! 😜