"Nightmare" continues for 1960 Tranny

[Joe L.]

Re: "Nightmare" continues for 1960 Tranny

As long as "all the parts are installed!!!" The first rebuilder left out a shim so the shaft would not spin freely. And he used gears, bearings, etc., from China. He lied to me when I first spoke to him as he said he installs only USA made Timken bearings, gears, etc. This was discovered when I hired another local rebuilder to check out why the shaft did not spin freely. I didn't want to send the tranny all the way back to MI, and the MI rebuilder said he would not pay for shipping anyways!

James-----

The primary bearings in a T-10 or Muncie are BALL BEARINGS. As far as I know, Timken does not manufacture ball bearings. Their specialty is tapered roller bearings. It's possible, though, that Timken does market under their brand name roller bearings manufactured by others or it might be that Timken has bought out a ball bearing manufacturer. In any event, Timken bearings that are purchased today may originate from Timken plants in a number of different countries. Usually, for any particular bearing part number, there will be only one country of origin.

Any rebuilder of BW or Muncie transmissions that leaves out parts during assembly is to be avoided like the plague. A guy who does this work day in-and-day out should know by heart every single piece that needs to go into the transmission.

[Donald H.]

Re: "Nightmare" continues for 1960 Tranny

I second everything Joe and Bill said. I'm a newbie and rebuilt my first transmission recently. I bought the parts from Larry, and he was very helpful since this was the first time for me to do this