Small(ish) update!
Pleased to inform you that the RST LSD fits in IB5 gearbox :wink: !
With everything at my disposal following half a year of getting everything together and servicing the LSD, finally the gearbox is back together!
The bearings pressed on and in the gearbox housing - nothing major there except the fact that it wasn't easy to gather them all. Three were dead easy to find, one needed mashining for the retainer and two were really difficuilt to source. Our biggest bearing stockist managed to source them on special order and I had to pay extra 15 GBP (converted) for the shipping them. It was either that or buying them from Ford and, needless to say, the OE route was much more expensive… Anyway, got them in the end and they are all on and fit as well! Happy times :lol:
You can see the third gear selector fork shiney and new; the old one was worn at one end a bit. Still can't understand why, as the rest of gearbox is in really nice nick (thanks Ian G for sourcing it and bothering to pack it up and ship to Croatia!!! Top man!). The previous owner must have liked to drive around with his hand on gearstick all the time while in third gear. That is the only explanation I can think of.
Only the fifth gear left to be put on. I just couldn't persuade myself to hit it with big hammer (which I didn't have at my disposal either) so decided to heat up the gear instead. It is heating season here so there is heat already and used it without exposing the gear to open flame…
The gearbox is now functional. Also changed the bias spring inside; the old one was OKish (or so I thought). I can compress it with fingers; not so easy, but doable. The new is impossible to compress. Shifting quality (granted, on table) is incredible already; really looking forward putting it in car which should happen next week. On my shelf is already new clutch (remanufactured from Ford) waiting so that will be installed when I will swap the gearboxes.
Gearbox is now completely renewed: all the bearings and seals are new, the third gear selector fork and the bias spring as well. On the very same shelf is the new shifting rod as well. That would make the transmission side of car completely renewed. Can't wait to see how will the car drive with it installed and with LSD rated at 120 Nm :grin: :lol:
Happy times!
Pleased to inform you that the RST LSD fits in IB5 gearbox :wink: !
With everything at my disposal following half a year of getting everything together and servicing the LSD, finally the gearbox is back together!
The bearings pressed on and in the gearbox housing - nothing major there except the fact that it wasn't easy to gather them all. Three were dead easy to find, one needed mashining for the retainer and two were really difficuilt to source. Our biggest bearing stockist managed to source them on special order and I had to pay extra 15 GBP (converted) for the shipping them. It was either that or buying them from Ford and, needless to say, the OE route was much more expensive… Anyway, got them in the end and they are all on and fit as well! Happy times :lol:
You can see the third gear selector fork shiney and new; the old one was worn at one end a bit. Still can't understand why, as the rest of gearbox is in really nice nick (thanks Ian G for sourcing it and bothering to pack it up and ship to Croatia!!! Top man!). The previous owner must have liked to drive around with his hand on gearstick all the time while in third gear. That is the only explanation I can think of.
Only the fifth gear left to be put on. I just couldn't persuade myself to hit it with big hammer (which I didn't have at my disposal either) so decided to heat up the gear instead. It is heating season here so there is heat already and used it without exposing the gear to open flame…
The gearbox is now functional. Also changed the bias spring inside; the old one was OKish (or so I thought). I can compress it with fingers; not so easy, but doable. The new is impossible to compress. Shifting quality (granted, on table) is incredible already; really looking forward putting it in car which should happen next week. On my shelf is already new clutch (remanufactured from Ford) waiting so that will be installed when I will swap the gearboxes.
Gearbox is now completely renewed: all the bearings and seals are new, the third gear selector fork and the bias spring as well. On the very same shelf is the new shifting rod as well. That would make the transmission side of car completely renewed. Can't wait to see how will the car drive with it installed and with LSD rated at 120 Nm :grin: :lol:
Happy times!