I recently bought a used AX15 off of craigslist (see last post) and have spent the last few days cleaning it up. This is my first time doing transmission work, so I've got a few questions:
1. If I pull on the input shaft, I can make the input bearing pop out of the case of the transmission by about 1/8". I can't do this on the old transmission that I pulled out of the car. Note that the front bearing retainer isn't on yet, so maybe that would eliminate the issue. Should this worry me though?
2. Today I was trying to clean out the dirt from inside the transmission. I kept filling it up with 10w30, spinning the shaft and shifting through gears, and draining. On one of the drains I found a syncro key had popped out. Is this a fatal issue that would require me to open the transmission and fix it, or can I drive with one of the keys missing from one of the syncros?
3. The transmission came to me with the little metal cover that goes on the front of the input bearing taken off. Do I need to try and put it back in place, or is it fine without? If so, how would I get it back on?
I can provide any more details that are needed-- thanks in advance for the help.
1. If I pull on the input shaft, I can make the input bearing pop out of the case of the transmission by about 1/8". I can't do this on the old transmission that I pulled out of the car. Note that the front bearing retainer isn't on yet, so maybe that would eliminate the issue. Should this worry me though?
2. Today I was trying to clean out the dirt from inside the transmission. I kept filling it up with 10w30, spinning the shaft and shifting through gears, and draining. On one of the drains I found a syncro key had popped out. Is this a fatal issue that would require me to open the transmission and fix it, or can I drive with one of the keys missing from one of the syncros?
3. The transmission came to me with the little metal cover that goes on the front of the input bearing taken off. Do I need to try and put it back in place, or is it fine without? If so, how would I get it back on?
I can provide any more details that are needed-- thanks in advance for the help.