Tranny Rebuild
 

I was just wondering if anyone on here is willing to rebuild my tranny for me? (as long as its for a decent price). As much as I want to do it myself, I dont have the confidence and have never done it myself or even seen it done myself. I've heard of too many people trying to do it themselves and not having it work the first time and I'm sure I'd be one of them. If anyone is willing to take it up...PM me. I probably wont be able to have it rebuilt until next month or so...too much money being spent on school (senior year...prom...and so on...). What would the price range be?

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FWD or AWD..... I've rebuilt pleny of FWD's, 4 of them being my own and a few others for other people. What's it all need as far as rebuilding goes? Is it broken? or are you just wanting to freshen it up with new bearings, synchros, etc..??

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Rick Shindley: 763-263-2713

Even though like stated in the other thread some people dislike him some people like him.

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Just who I was going to suggest.

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I think unreal on here does it also.

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I've rebuilt about a hand full of them. Pretty simple actually, not much to it. I'm sure you could probably do it yourself, just keep everything in order.

BTW: Whats wrong with it?

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Oh, sorry. It's an awd tranny and I'm not quite sure what is wrong with it. That's why I need someone to take it apart and see what I need. It'll just be a stock rebuild on the broken parts. I took the case off the side and it looks simple, but there's way more on the inside, right? I'd have to go buy new tools and all that other stuff, so I just thought I'd let someone else handle this until next year when I'll have more money and can do it myself. Yeah, I was reading about Shindley also. Does he have good experience with rebuilding trannies? And how busy is he with helping others and all? Right now my current tranny wont let me downshift, so that takes away some fun, but keeps me away from trouble and I cant spend money on anymore mods, because of fear of the tranny breaking and then I'll have to find money to fix it all over again...:D. I'll give Shindley a call one of these days and see how much he'll charge. Is he able to get parts for it also?

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Yes, he generally gets a shipment of parts from Mitsu on a daily basis. He's probably done more DSM trannies than anyone around. He is also very fast with the work, it would probably be done within a day or two.

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I thought he charged 200 plus parts but I might be wrong

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I've rebuilt my tranny a number of times, It's not as hard as you think, as long as you remember in what order the parts go, and have some common sense. Otherwise I'd be willing to work on it, and I get mitsu parts at a pretty decent discount....

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You need all the correct tools so if your going to attempt it, which I dont recomend, make sure you get all the gear pulling tools and other specialty tools you might need.

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shindley overhauls trannies for 300$ and then whatever for parts. depending on how bad your tranny is depends on how much $$ you'll be spending, trust me, i know - he told me this 2 days ago! my suggestion, go with shindley, he'll get the job done and i'm sure you'll be satisfied.

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Yep, he recently upped his prices a bit to $300 + parts. He can also do the double synchro 2nd gear.

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I got a price from him a week ago. It was like 1300.00 to rebuild all stock but the double synchro 2nd gear. 8 months ago he told me 600.00 for the same work. Shep is 900.00 and thats where Im sending mine.
joe

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With those prices you can't beat Shep. I thought Shindley was cheaper?

Jim

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Before you send your tranny off(if you do), ask the place before hand to give you a precise time estimate on when you will have your tranny back. What i have found in the past is that some people who race and do these services as a business as well, sometimes their own personal stuff/projects will be priority over yours and that's why the delay is so long. It happened to me once before with a place. I won't say everyone does it but it happens.

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This is what I have none of, so I didnt think it would've been a good idea to do it myself.
What's this Double 2nd gear Synchro and what's it suppose to do? Oh, man...I dont even know how bad my tranny is messed up. I'll have to wait to send it to him, gotta save up some money just incase more stuff is broken then what I thought.

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Does anybody have a detailed (or even a rough) list of tools you actually need beyond the standard assortment of sockets, wrenches, screw drivers, etc? The manual has a list but it's huge and a lot of the time tasks can be done using alternative means.

The tools list (and the unkown cost and availability of the tools) is the only thing stopping me from ripping into one of mine. I have at least two cars that need work soon and who knows how many in the future so I figure it may be worth learning.

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You will need access to a hydraulic press in order to get the bearings off. Also you will need some sort of claws to get under the bearing while pushing down on the shaft with the press. So basically you suspend the entire shaft with the claw under the bearing and press down on the shaft. Some of the bearings are tight up against gears where it's kind of a bitch. You should do a squish test so you'll need a digital calipers. Some of the bearings require preload and others endplay. Also you'll need some sort of snap ring plyers to get those off as there are a few of them.

* Press
* Gear Puller
* Snap Ring Plyers
* General tools
* Parts washer

Neatness, patience and thoroughness should be added to that list but is a given. If you do decided to do this, make sure everything goes back the same way it went on. For example the hub/sleeve assemblies go on a certain way. They look the same at first look but the outter part is tapered more on one side than the other. The book is a must!!!

Good Luck!