Okay, so i have the transmission down to the rear bearing plate but there appears to be a fluid type balancer on the output shaft that i'm having problems with. I have thus far found 2 badly chewed up 10MM bolts inside my gearbox and i suspect to find one more in the center housing of the transmission. All i want to do is pull the rear bearing plate so that i may inspect the condition of the center housing. The real issue is the large nut holding this balancer on, i have all the snap-rings off but i need some input on ways to remove this nut. I would post pictures but if you've been inside a TII gearbox before you know what i'm talking about.

 

PM Karack....he may know....

 

Well it turns out that the transmission i have is an S5 and the part is called the dynamic dampner. There are some nice fancy mazda tools listed there that i dont think i'll want to buy. So yeah, if anyone has experience with these it would be much appreciated.

 

as anybody found a technique where i can re use the 41mm lock nut other than buying the $95 tool or destroying the lock nut?, i tried a pipe wrench but its not going too well