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Old 07-22-2021, 01:13 AM
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I rebuilt mine 6 years ago in the kitchen using a 3lb hammer, some wood blocks, and an adjustable width stand I made out of the metal legs of my ikea desk and some all-thread. The proper diameter pipe that just clears the main shaft diameter is a useful tool for driving components off and on the shaft in lieu of a press.

I had a thumping coming from below that I first though was the u-joint but once I changed those I realized it had to be either the front or mid plate bearing in the trans.

At the time I used some videos of tear down and rebuild of a Muncie by Paul Cangialosi, which largely goes together the same way. Since then he's done a tear down and install vid for the Richmond Super T10.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhUJD2PBmE0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYULq42H8Eo

I bought the rebuild kit from his site, https://www.5speeds.com/

Richmond has a great exploded view in their service manual https://www.richmondgear.com/wp-cont..._MANUAL_v2.pdf

Lots of this info and more is in this book (also by Cangiaosi) but i was able to find some critical passages along with other info online so I didn't buy the book. https://www.amazon.com/Muncie-4-Spee.../dp/1613251068

I'd never opened a transmission before and I felt like i had invented fire when I got it all back together. Real Castaway kind of moment. Good luck!

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