Bearings and stuff!
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Bearings and stuff!
Hello all, I have a 92 fd touring. And I happy to say she’s a great car and I love it. However I’ve been opening her up here and there and the gearbox now sounds awful! I need to rebuild the box something I would enjoy doing.
so my first question is has anyone done a rebuild and was it hard or easy? Any tips to avoid ect please
second question is where the hell do I find a rebuild kit, I am from the UK and have only seen a possible kit on USA amazon site. Can someone send me some link to where to buy from please I don’t mind waiting for it to be shipped to the UK.
Any help and advise is much appreciated.
thanks
Jamie
so my first question is has anyone done a rebuild and was it hard or easy? Any tips to avoid ect please
second question is where the hell do I find a rebuild kit, I am from the UK and have only seen a possible kit on USA amazon site. Can someone send me some link to where to buy from please I don’t mind waiting for it to be shipped to the UK.
Any help and advise is much appreciated.
thanks
Jamie
If you try to do this yourself, you will need a couple of specialty tools. Some shops make their own. If I were in your position I would track down a good FD shop, or very good transmission shop. Either of those can source the OE replacement parts you'll need.
At the end of the day the FD's transmission is a pretty standard manual gearbox. A competent shop that specializes in manual transmissions would not have any problems doing a rebuild.
They may also be better at sourcing parts as well.
I've done some minor things in a transmission (5th gear synchro) and there's a LOT of skill needed to fully rebuild a transmission as well as special tools. I would only tackle it if you had another transmission to get the car running. This is one of those projects that ends up in a For Sale ad with an FD with a transmission scattered all over your garage.
Dale
They may also be better at sourcing parts as well.
I've done some minor things in a transmission (5th gear synchro) and there's a LOT of skill needed to fully rebuild a transmission as well as special tools. I would only tackle it if you had another transmission to get the car running. This is one of those projects that ends up in a For Sale ad with an FD with a transmission scattered all over your garage.
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Mazda has no kits, its all sold individually. the aftermarket has bearing kits. even at my prices, the parts for a full rebuild is about the same money as a brand new transmission from Mazda.
these transmissions are kind of in the middle as far as difficulty, the miata/1st gen Rx7 is easier, the Rx8 is harder. you need some special tools, the Mazda set is a really long puller, there is also a really long socket, the book, a hammer.
that being said if you really want to do it, try doing 5th gear on the FD, its an easy way to start
these transmissions are kind of in the middle as far as difficulty, the miata/1st gen Rx7 is easier, the Rx8 is harder. you need some special tools, the Mazda set is a really long puller, there is also a really long socket, the book, a hammer.
that being said if you really want to do it, try doing 5th gear on the FD, its an easy way to start
dgeesman did a good write up. Here is a link to his thread. Scroll to the end for links to PDFs
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generati...riteup-398410/
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generati...riteup-398410/
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