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question concerning counter shaft in t5

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  • Start date Start date Apr 12, 2008

90_Red_LX

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I got the countershaft back in the transmission, but she has no play whatsoever. Is this? She spins around just fine but I believe it needs a shim skinnier than what I have. Right now the stocker is in it.
 

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Factory specs are 0.001" - 0.005" of endplay in the countergear.

Do you have shims? FRom what i've read, 8.8 shims work perfectly in this application


I actually am about to do the same myself. I just need to press my two bearings on at work monday and then i have the fun job of trying to shim my countergear
 

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The stock shim is .173, with no shim at all I measured only .010 endplay. Don't have any that thin to use.
 
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