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Re: Tranny question for Dick T or others...... Posted by DickT [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: Tranny question for Dick T or others......, Smeter, Fri, 2 May 2008 11:31:07 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
My 88 used shims rather than the collapsible sleeve on the output shaft. I crossed my fingers and reused them. I think the issue with the collapsible sleeve is when it is compressed beyond the correct length for proper end float. This can cause things to rattle around on the shaft.
According the 88 manual, you set up a dial indicator on the assembled, (but not real tight!) shaft assembly, jerk the shaft up and down a lot to get a sense of what the end float is, then tighten slowly until you get to 0.2mm. The key thing is you can't loosen it and try again if you go too far. The saab manual includes a graph that shows how many additional degrees to tighten for the final step. Ideally your dial indicator would read 0.2mm at this point. You would then tighten the nut an additional 180 degrees and stake it. If it reads 0.1mm, you only go 140 degrees, 0.3 220 etc.
If you like to gamble on such things, I could see adding a shim to a slightly collapsed sleeve to reuse it, but I'd only do that on my own car and only after considerable contemplation.
Good luck!
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