T5 Transmission Repair
Anyone know of someone local (Seattle) that works on T5 transmissions on the side that is reputable ? It's been a few years since I have been inside mine and I broke the main shaft at the Rose Cup races and need to figure out something here.
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I found a guy (Tom Sawyer) in Marysville that is retired but still does Tremec repairs so will give him a shot and see how it works out.
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| Blue Cobra |
06-26-2013 09:15 PM |
Ouch. Did motor torque just twist the output shaft 360-degrees too many times and snap off clean, or did you have the full tranny seizure?
Kevin
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Looks like just a snap of the input shaft, the gears and syncros look fine. No internal damage that I can see.
Steve Powell had a spare so we switched tail shafts (as I use a S10 mid shift tail shaft) and switched trans in-between races and all went fine, I now have to get mine repaired.
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| Blue Cobra |
06-26-2013 09:31 PM |
Whew, good news over what it could have been, just the input shaft torque limiter circuit breaker hitting its threshold. :-)
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| Rattlenshake |
06-28-2013 02:08 PM |
I went through mine myself last year. It's not too hard if you have a press and a bad ass snap ring tool. If you haven't done so yet, and depending on gearing, one thing that I did was put in a close ratio 5th gear - I think it's like .85 vs the stock .63 (don't quote me) - before 5th was useless at any speed with two digits. Now it's quite useful in the "real world". Let me know if you would like source/PN's.
Cheers,
Steve
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I have a 2.95 1st and a .82 5th gear for road racing, I still don't get into 5th very much but on those really really long straights I can now use 5th.
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Rebuild went fine, new output shaft and some other minor parts, all back together now, picked up a spare T-5 also and rebuilt that so I now have a backup that is ready to go. Now to find the time to take the loaner out and put mine back in before the end of the season races.
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| Dale McBain |
09-03-2013 03:54 PM |
Years ago I used Eastside Transmission in Bellevue to rebuild my transmission in my 240Z. I raced that car for over 15 years, with no problems, so I would recommend them.
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| GLS-BDR226 |
09-03-2013 06:32 PM |
Not local, but I got an A5 from Tony at Astro performance in FL. Pricey, but if you want to stick with a T5, highly recommended. I got the one built for 550HP/425 torque. Like a G Force but in my opinion better gears. You can save a little money by sending back your old core if it's repairable. Tony is great to work with and asks detailed questions about your car and its use.
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I did wind up using an output shaft from Astro along with some gears, so not an totally and A5
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