Input bearing renewal

Speaking as some one who has rebuilt many 4 speeds, I say the only way one can change the bearing is to take the trans apart. The procedure of being able remove the bearing out the front by having a puller grab the bearing snapring groove is 'possible' but I am amazed previous writer was able to pull it off. (the task not the bearing, pun intended) It still begs the issue of how to press on the new bearing to proper fit, without the input shaft being slightly worn or undersized. One exception here, if you have the early 3.09 gear input, you could slide it out the front BUT the inner roll bearings will drop out. So one has bearings in the case and a harder job of assembly if you are trying to not remove the mainshaft and cluster out the back first.

Everyone hopes there is some 'shortcut' but there really isnt. Just comes down to paying for someone else's experience, or paying for you own time to learn how to do it. I might add that the service manual does a good job of explaining teardown sequence.

I really want to leave discussion with the point, that if the front bearing is noisy, the rear bearing needs attention to, and the synchro stop rings need changing, and oh by the way the counter shaft needle bearings likely need 12 of them changed at least too.