Don’t be Afraid Anymore, Part 3 The Resurrection, a VW T3 Syncro Gearbox rebuild

Build Notes VW T3 Syncro Gearbox 

Gears

Crown and Pinion

Very good crown and Pinion installed Locking Differential installed

5.43 Final Drive

Crown wheel bolts all torqued up to 50nm

Good 1^st gear

Late good used  1/2^nd Synchro hub round slots crack tested  with good springs and keys and new ½ slider

New circlips VW no 091 311 321A

Very Good used 3rd gear  z=40 

Very Good used 4^th z =50 

Very Good used Pinion Lock ring / 1^st gear inner race and refurbed needle bearings

Very Good used 2^nd gear

Very Good used fixed 3^rd gear oil face towards 2^nd gear

3^rd gear circlip 2.3mm

Good used 4^th gear

Half mon circlip installed

Good used Mainshaft installed z= 9/16 teeth

Good used 3^rd gear

Good used 4^th gear

Heavy duty Weddle 3/4^th Syncro hub installed with excellent used ¾ slider springs and Keys  

New Syncro rings provided

All case holes tapped and cleaned, and mating faces cleaned

Bearings

New Pinion Bearing installed FAG Z53106801TR2 made in Hungary by FAG

New Differential bearings installed, preloaded and run in at 47nm

1st, 2^st R gear, Rev idler and G idler cages refurbed, and needle bearings replaced with new

New 3^rd and 4^th needle bearings 2 x  VW no 02a311265D lot no RA 148 3077 4837

New Mainshaft bearing installed  Z-36138802KL-AM made in Slovakia 0045 10×0717 by FAG

AJT Mainshaft bearing stop plate installed Reduction housing skimmed

New Mainshaft rear bearing installed 094 311373

New pinion bearing  installed 094311373c

Front Mainshaft  bearing installed  094311375

All new shift fork bearings 091301120 installed

New Ggear bearings 094311370 installed x 2

SKF 6026 111213P made in Italy

New SKF 6308NR 0812 0855P made in Italy

Other Notes

Selector shaft bush renewed and seal

Relay lever housing re-sleeved and relay lever checked for play in rivet

4^th gear oiling plate installed all shift rods installed

New lock ring installed and Synched

Backlash = 18+/- 2

Selector  shaft installed with cup and spring and new plastic bush and seal with external spring installed 020141733D

New selector shaft boot, new ball and boot for ball, washer and stainles steel nylock nut 

New rev housing installed with new paper gasket and o ring seal 

Output flange seals installed and O rings Adjusting rings set up on marks

Oiling plate installed

Input shaft installed with spud and Muff and new circlip

Good used  Reverse gear

Green spacer oil gap =0.45

Good used R/G syncro Hub

Other circlip installed

Good used R/G Synchroniser no play in rivets  Moly ok

Good used Ggear            

1.2mm thrust spacer used

New SKF 6308NR 0812 0855P made in Italy installed on good used reduction gear

Reverse idler installed with refurbed needle bearings spacer ring and thrust bearings and shortened shaft

G gear idler installed with refurbed needle bearings spacer ring and thrust bearings and circlip fitted

Good used Nose cone

Muff installed and a new 6026 SKF bearing  111213P made in Italy and new Corteco seal  installed on Output shaft

 Bell housing cleaned clutch fork removed clutch fork bush cleaned and reseated and relubed HD Weddle bronze clutch sleeve installed  new input flange seal

4mm RJES clutch bracket spacer  and new clutch bracket installed (old clutch bracket was fractured RJES spacer prevents this )

Case Painted with 2k etch primer and 2k custom gold colour detailed with 2k

Clutch fork put on and new circlip installed

Output flange domed washer, new circlips and bungs installed both sides

All case bolts torqued 

Output Flange front nut torqued

Seal for Diff lock sleeve installed

New actuator

New Stainless steel actuator Bracket, and new roll pins provided

All gears select properly

Crated and lined with black foam ready for shipping.