There is whining in neutral and its the input shaft bearing. My clutch needs to be done as well. Since the box is dropped I might as well get it opened up and get the input shaft bearing replaced. How long will a skill mechanic take to just install a input shaft bearing not counting the time it takes to take out the box.

The box is a JDM Y21

Cheers

 

It took me less than 2 hours to pull the tranny apart, replace mine, and then put the box back together my first time. That didn't include dropping it off of the car, but it's a really simple process.

 

Why not do this yourself? BauleyCivic has a How-To on this matter.

 

Yeah, about 1-2 hours seems right - I had a second set of hands too - invaluable for doing this.

I think the longest/hardest part for me was getting the whole gear cluster back in and situated correctly - without a second set of hands, it would have sucked ***.

Getting the cases seperated and put back together - quite easy - getting them back together though, I couldn't seat the snap ring in the groove all the way - so you get it 1/2 seated (so it stays put with tension) and then turn the tranny over and drop it 1/2" and presto.

Are you doing this yourself or trying to price out labor/hour to make sure you're getting a fair deal from the shop?

 

Yeah, dropping in the countershaft/mainshaft assemblies and getting all of the locking rings (gear selectors) set back in place right by yourslef is more than a PITA. Those gears are sharp as hell and are also heavy not to mention a PITA to get all situated. A second set of hands is a lifesaver.

 

The worst part of it for me was getting the damn snap ring to seat properly. I faught with that damn thing for at least 2 hours. Everything else went smoothly though and quick.

 

Cheers, now the mechanic cant say "its gonna take 5 hours" haha

 

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He can charge however much he wants, its a pain in the *** job. It takes me a weekend at least (2 full days) to do a tranny/clutch job when I do it.

 

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He can charge however much he wants, its a pain in the *** job. It takes me a weekend at least (2 full days) to do a tranny/clutch job when I do it.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Sounds resonable for doing everything yourself, bout the same time it took me doing it myself the first few times.

 

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it was a pain in the *** for me too. took me 5 hrs to do drop the tranny, replace clutch and pp, put it back while an earthquake was occuring ,but i didnt felt it cuz i was under the car benchin the tranny up with the axel tie up. first time doing it too. next time im prepared and should be ez.

 

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How did you finally end up getting it on? Im in the same process you were but ive been at it for about 3 hours. =/