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DIY rebuilds Posted by Camm [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: You never said what was wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, JonnyH, Thu, 19 Sep 2002 12:48:53 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Hey Nathan,
I have an 87 900S that I rebuilt the tranny on. I tackled the project mainly for experience as I had two other drivers at the time. I would do it again, if I had say, an otherwise sound SPG I could get cheaply. The only hard parts were a matter of inexperience, not inherently difficult procedures. Before getting into it, you'll want to have a good, clean work area with a workbench, good lighting, a digital camera or camcorder and maybe a parts washer. One picture of how something came apart is worth 1000 words and 2 hours of fiddling. There is a wealth of rebuild info on TSN and other sites (Jeff Cunningham's Saab extravaganza and Bazil Burns's Saabpics mainly) and on a weekend night, TSN chat is a great source of info to keep you going. I think I spent about $500 dollars, however, I caught my pinion bearing early, and replaced that and every other bearing, no gears or syncros or anything else were bad. I had my local dealer actually remove the old pinion bearings and press new ones on, cost ~$100, money well spent, the only not DIY part of the job.
Good luck, keep us posted if you decide to tackle it.
Cam
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