Recent content by dhowlan

To follow up, it's back together and back in the car. All 4 gears plus reverse work in and out (at least for the 5 miles it's done so far). Reverse was a nuisance until I realised I had flipped the lever over. Doesn't work that way. Fingers crossed it lasts another 20 years before I have to redo...

Brewers has that snap ring listed at .065 so I think it's fine. I'll check the play with the new gasket etc. when I get there. I'm aware of the limitations of this flavor of a833. I had a long time to stew on swapping to another option. It's fine for the slant. I'm guessing I will...

Understood. The front bearing (308) snap ring on the input shaft is 0.0640". You are suggesting a thicker snap ring to move that rearward? Or shim the mainshaft forward?

I just realized I have an endoscope. If it comes to it, I can have it all assembled and look through the fill hole. Wish that had occurred to me earlier. C'est la vie. :rolleyes:

Thanks. I have thought how lovely that would be. Unfortunately, not a spare case in sight. We'll see how it goes with new keys and then reassess.

For those playing at home, the lever moves 1/2" in either direction. Same on both. After trying very hard to keep the problem strut assembly together so I didn't lose track of what bits caused the problem, I finally caught it doing the bad thing. Which leads me to the part that I think is...

Still not having an aha moment. I have disassembled the transmission. The synchro springs are all in place and hooked in different struts. Nothing is obviously out of place. Neither bearing has any discernible side motion. On the plus side, I exhumed the small box containing the old parts from...

I'm hoping there's some obvious spring thing going on with that one strut when I disassemble. I engaged 4th/od with the 3/4 lever (only) in the side cover and the other two struts are flat. Only the one adjacent the chipped stop ring is popped up.

Thanks to you both. It's been so long since I rebuilt it (pre me digitally recording everything) I don't have a picture of what bearing is in the front. I dug out the receipt and the rings are wt307-14 quantity of 4. Unfortunately, the bearings were listed as RBK (rebuild kit) without any...

Direct drive photo. And no, I didn't pop the struts on purpose. In fact, before removing the cover I tried very hard to shift into 4th and then not move the lever so I could see where it was ending up from the lever motion. The previous photo is not from that attempt, but it's hard to get the...

That's actually 3rd or direct drive gear in the photo. I have zero memory of whether the snap ring in the front is new or factory. I will be mindful of that when it comes apart and goes back together.

I thought there were 2 types brass ring options and the one on the left is the later version. ???

Thanks for replying. I would like to go through these one by one so I'm clear. 1) I read you said at least .050 clearance and there is at least that. The part of this that concerns me is that this brass ring has more space to move laterally than the others. 2) By feel, each key is supported by...

I have an 833od behind a slant six (out of a feather duster originally) that I rebuilt a little over 10 years ago. Recently, it got stuck in 4th gear. Disconcerting when it happens. After several attempts on the freeway offramp, it came out. I thought it must be a shifter rod coming loose as...

Just to add my experience. I have a Maverick rear end (5 bolt) in my 64 Valiant. It's been a couple of years IIRC. Charrlie's data is spot on. It fits like it was made for it. It's pretty basic for the possibilities it opens up. I believe it wasn't much more to get the Maverick rear, build it...