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Trying to replace the front main and rear bearing on a tranny that has the enclosed driveshaft. I'm guessing it's probably a 1953 tranny because it has the 14 needle and the 24 needle bearings.

The problem is when I removed the mainshaft the 2nd gear thrust washer, which is between the gear and the rear bearing, falls off and it has two different sides. Does the side with the 3 slots face the 2nd gear or the rear bearing?

The speedometer gear falls off too. Although both sides look the same, is there a front side or doesn't it matter?

Also, is there anyway to press the shaft out of the front main bearing without an arbor press?
I removed the left handed lock nut/ oil slinger.
The new bearing has to be pressed on. Any ideas or should I take the shaft and the new bearing to a shop to have it done?

The rear bearing was alot of fun removing without the proper tool to expand the ring. Is there any trick to expand the ring without the proper tool. I'm already having nightmares just thinking about installing the new rear bearing.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

The second speed oil slinger goes with the slots to the front.

Speedo gear can go either way.

The front bearing should not be on that hard. You should be able to tap it off with a punch.

For the rear bearing snap ring I made a tool to spread this ring by grinding a 3/4" wide piece of metal at an angle at the end so as you push it through the two ends of the ring it spreads it.

Dave you saved me again. I appreciate your help and information.

Tomorrow I'm gonna try to remove the front bearing from the shaft and also make the snap ring tool. Having the right tool for the job makes everything alot easier.

Thanks again.

Oil Rag;
I just did this whole thing. I also made up a "shiv" to expand the snap ring. I documented some of this on my webshots page. Good luck!

http://community.webshots.com/user/geezer

ill be danged,,,i never thought of a snap ring spreader like that....hehehe guess ya can teach an old dog new tricks.... cool....i always just used either two flat screwdrivers,,or external snap ring spreader but that dont work that well....bet that "shiv" will though.... ill be danged...thought i was past learnin anything....LOL..wronggggggggggggg...