T-5 Road Race 5th specifics
Alright you T-5 EXPERTS! (I understand transmission internals like I understand women, which is why I'm still single and asking this question) I think I just left myself wide open...
Here is the situation. I called Tony at Astro-proformance (great guy) and he sent me everything I needed to rebuild a backup transmission for marshal and I. BUT, the .83 5th (for a 3.35 1st gear) would not slide on the "output?" shaft and when marshal started to press it on, it was mauling up the splines.
Tony says this...
you stated you had a issue with a Tight Fit M/S 5th Gear, I thought I had sent you one of our own .79 A-5 5th Gear Sets. It turned out, what you were sent were Tremec OE 5th Components to achieve a .83 with a 3.35 1st Gear. Unfortunately, the only style 5th M/S to achieve the .83 Ratio with a 3.35 is going to be the first 5th Gear Set I sent. We don’t manufacture it, Tremec does. And I know that all are only available in a Press Fit Configuration like the stock.
So I wanna know what you guys have run into, if you have used the Tremec 5ths... I need to use this gear, but I don't want to screw anything up.
Here are some suggestions so far to fix the .83 tremec gear.
Acid dip?
Sand blast with a heavy sand that will take off a little bit of metal?
File it down with a small file?
Oven the gear, freeze the shaft? but then how do you get it off?
Any help, suggestions, feedback, etc related to the transmission topic would be appreciated.
Any comments about women, sexuality, sexual preference or character will be read, laughed at, and ignored. *GREEN GREEN GREEN*