five speed transmission

Hello, I drive a 1985 x 1/9 Bertone, I only bought it a few months ago because I was under the impression most of the parts were new, rebuilt motor and transmission, only to find out the tran sensors, driver side window motor, and starter are shot. I live in Alaska and unfortunately don't have...

This post is a copy and paste of the excellent work of Steve and other contributors. Reposted here to have it in multiple places on the the forum and be searchable using tags. I have had nothing to do with this, it is the excellent work of the noted authors. Karl No need to post to this...

Not much magic or special about the shift forks in this gear box, except to check for wear at the ends of the fork. They are usually OK unless worn. The forks appear to be made of brass except they are magnetic. Not sure precisely what they are made of, could be a brass alloy with iron or...

The input gear set and Pinion gear set from a 1979 transaxle. The reverse gear on the input gear set. This often gets chipped, worn and abused as previous owners and abuser crash the shifter into reverse gear. If this gear is excessively chipped or damaged, the entire input gear set will need...

Inspect the crown gear on the diff housing for excessive wear, broken teeth and any other visual defects. Inspect the spider gears and their spherical bearing surface. The spider gears can be rotated within he diff carrier to inspect them. Also check for excessive spider gear backlash. On a...

This 1979 5 speed transaxle arrived from a friend's race car with the innards needing attention. Part one shows how to take one of these apart. Transaxle on the bench ready to be worked on. Un do the two M6x25mm long bolts using a 10mm wrench holding the input shaft sleeve which the clutch...