92 fifth gear gone

[BJMarshall]

You should probably research that some more. You're making yourself look silly.

 

[Don Tanklage]

i am not going to research it at all



i already have the part in my transmission



and you look silly telling me i dont



don

 

[bgilbert]

Don probly thinks he's got a set of muffler bearings in his truck too cause someone told him LOL.

 

[AABEN]

Lets not throw dirt at each other!!We all makes mistake!!!The perfect man was crucify.

 

[dpuckett]

Tank- There is one section (I would guess where 1st or 2nd gear goes on the shaft) that is 5" in diameter, but the main part of the main shaft is only about 1-1/2 to 2in thick.



Bill- Oh I aint gonna get in the middle of your feud. Your mouth runneth over at times. :-laf What is it with you and guys from the Left Coast?



DP

 

[Don Tanklage]

funny gilbert



daniel, i drove the main shaft to my transmission guy



so i know how big it is



(had to rent a trailer to haul the darn thing up there)



lol



paid thru the nose for that thing, but that wasnt the first part for this truck that was way over priced, prolly wont be the last.



can i prove it is billet?



not really



working on a billet transmission right now. (part billet/part forged)



here are two gears, which is billet and which isnt?

 

[Don Tanklage]

which gear is billet?

the gear above or the one below?

 

[emmettcrocker]

She finally got back to me and it is a retro 4500

 

[Don Tanklage]

than all she needs to do is get the split nut, clean everything with brake clean, and crank and loctite the crud out of it



i really dont think the fully splined output and matching 5th gear is necessary



what ever you do dont tack the stock nut on with a tig welder



the heat will change the hardness of the shaft and it will eventually break



good luck and i hope it is a 2wd cuz if so pc of cake

 

[BJMarshall]

Where did you get the Mainshaft you used, Don? Was it a torque king shaft from Dan?

 

[Don Tanklage]

i dont remember



tried calling around and no one says they have them now



it had been hardened, was not gold like the gear above tho



like i said above - i dont thing you need one. yea, the fully splined gear is nice; but i didnt spin the gear, the nut just kept coming off...

 

[Don Tanklage]

Was it a torque king shaft from Dan?

no, i know for sure i did not get it there



i was thinking it was US gear



but when i called him he said he didnt sell billet mainshafts



said he didnt sell main shafts at all?



then, get this: he said, "check on the tdr forum"



lol

 

[MMiller]

I would inspect the threads where the nut goes. I've heard that the threads will get beat up with a loose nut and 5th gear moving around, and even if you get a new nut, the shaft is beat up enough for the threads engage will enough to not hold the nut.



I would venture to say that your's will last Don, because you do not tow in OD. You use your GV for overdrive. I/We tow in OD with 3. 55's so we are probably more hard on our manuals then most of the diesel trucks in the population.



Michael

 

[Don Tanklage]

my 38. 5's were over 38" tall



the bfg 35's only measure 34" so now 1800 is only 56mph in 4th over, 61 in straight 5th with the 4. 10 gearing



so now lately i actually have been using 5th while towing



once i get all the new parts working correctly (turbo, injectors, pump, water) i dont know what i am gonna end up doing - maybe put some 3. 55's in it?

 

[emmettcrocker]

Where can I get the split nut you speak of without having to spend $600+ for the torque king nut and gear?

 

[emmettcrocker]

By the way she says theres a tag on it that says "use only GM part#xxxxx gear oil" so I assume it came from a GM truck origanally. does that matter?

 

[Don Tanklage]

i doubt it is from a gm, unless the transfer case is too...



the split nut - i would start calling everyone that sells the fully splined shaft/gear kit and tell them you just need the nut



i wish i would have done that but didnt even know there was a split nut when i welded mine on



don



ps - i drove mine for many miles towing with the the nut and gear floppin around in there and my threads were fine...

 

[emmettcrocker]

It's a 2wd, no transfer case.

 

[BJMarshall]

GM's never used the big input. I've seen a bunch of them in Dodges with the GM tag. No big deal.

It doesn't matter what nut you put on there if the gear is loose on the splines, it will loosen up again in short order.

 

[Don Tanklage]

well, the nut is less than 30 bucks and easy to get to so to me it would be worth a try...



call US gear in texas - i think they will sell you a split nut



don