A-833 Input Shaft Help!

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eekvonzipper

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Planned on Assembling this tonight but...
Tried to set the 16 Needle Bearings in the Input Shaft and They Won't Go!
With 15 in I have a gap, the last one Won't Drop in!
I got my rebuild kit from Jamie Passon, So far Everything has fit flawlessly!
What am I doing wrong or missing? Hard for me to believe that he would send Oversized Bearings for this in Both Kits that I recently bought...
Well This Build Isn't happening, not tonight anyway
Thoughts?.

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Looks like some big gaps between the bearings in the photos.... they should ride against one another.
 
There's a snap ring in there to allow sliding the rollers in.
But it'll prob go in if you give it a good push with your thumb.
 
There's a snap ring in there to allow sliding the rollers in.
But it'll prob go in if you give it a good push with your thumb.
tried that... pushed really hard, no go... I set them in behind the snap ring.
 
A broom handle cut to the length, usually fits just right to hold all those rollers in place during assembly.
 
okay, you've deleted your post... I guess that was wrong then?
Ha! I still have a ScreenShot of it in Post #10
 
Do you have one of the old rollers to measure the diameter?
Yup! They're .217
I bet that One thousanth difference would give me the .016 that I need to drop them in!
I'd Hate to drop these Old bearings in my New build tho....

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There is 2 different input retainers, a large and a small. If there’s a local bearing house to you, I bet they have them..
 
okay, you've deleted your post... I guess that was wrong then?
Ha! I still have a ScreenShot of it in Post #10

Sorry, had a Biden moment.
I just measured a used one out of my 1965 a833 and it is .218. Same as my new ones from Passon.
 
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Try rotating the rollers till the snap ring gap has the vacant space, will the last roller slide thru the gap into place ?
If not, I'd still try with the snap ring out, it's like a "keystone" in an arched doorway, wider on the outside.
 
My Old ones dropped right in... They're each One thousanth smaller than the ones from Passon
What do I do?

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I'd consider clesning the bore a little with some 400 grit paper but..... I hope AJ checks in. He's done a lot of these. I'm only on my first.
 
I took the Ferkin Snap-Ring Out, Tried Again, They Don't Fit! but I knew that already...
 
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