Help!!! Need an input shaft
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Help!!! Need an input shaft
Well the clutch was making a grinding noise when letting it out in first and reverse. Turns out the pilot bearing was seized and has worn a groove in the input shaft. Does anyone have one of these laying around???
Car is an 05 6 spd manual, Z51
Thanks in advance!
Car is an 05 6 spd manual, Z51
Thanks in advance!
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Sorry, I don't have one...............other than one that looks exactly like yours.
I have a 2005 coupe as well, and when we took it apart for a transmission re-build and a new clutch (put in a RAM twin-disc with aluminum flywheel) the shop found the same thing. We also found that the rear driveshat bearing was toast (rough and making nosies).
I wound up buying a new driveshaft.
I have a 2005 coupe as well, and when we took it apart for a transmission re-build and a new clutch (put in a RAM twin-disc with aluminum flywheel) the shop found the same thing. We also found that the rear driveshat bearing was toast (rough and making nosies).
I wound up buying a new driveshaft.
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I'll update this thread just for anyone who searches for the same issue in the future.
I had zero luck finding a used input shaft. RPM transmissions didn't have any and every salvage yard told me that the usually sell the rolling chassis, and this shaft goes along with it.
I ended up taking my damaged on to my local machine shop and they fixed mine for $135. It can be fixed by either spray welding material back onto the shaft and then machining it back down to the required .059" diameter, or it can be ground smooth and a sleeve pressed on that is .059" in diameter.
Hope my headache(s) helps someone else out later on.
I had zero luck finding a used input shaft. RPM transmissions didn't have any and every salvage yard told me that the usually sell the rolling chassis, and this shaft goes along with it.
I ended up taking my damaged on to my local machine shop and they fixed mine for $135. It can be fixed by either spray welding material back onto the shaft and then machining it back down to the required .059" diameter, or it can be ground smooth and a sleeve pressed on that is .059" in diameter.
Hope my headache(s) helps someone else out later on.
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