From: Scottyish <Scottyish@aol.com>
To: ZDOC@yosemite.net <ZDOC@yosemite.net>
Date: Wednesday, May 06, 1998 9:45 PM
Subject: Noisy Trans

>HI Doc,
>Sometime in '97, I believe you had an article in the ZONC news about
>replacing the noisy bearing in a Z 5-speed (81). We are doing a clutch on
>my son's Z and I can't find that article. Could you upload it or mail me a
>copy or something? Do I need to take the case apart or can I extract the
>bearing from the bellhousing plate?
> Thanks,
> Scottyish @aol.com
>
Scotty, Doc here, yes you need to disassemble the transmission and have
special tools to replace the bearings. Grindings from the reverse idler
are the culprit to the rear countershaft bearing failure in the transmissions.
I have a different approach to rectify this situation when I rebuild the
transmissions. There are some other variations in the 5 speeds through the
years to have the final upgrade. I hope that this helps you...
ZDOC OUT