5th gear snap ring (Not popout problem)

[Lawrence Weeks]

Once upon a time (Wed Oct 23), Jim Wright wrote:
> On Tuesday, October 22, 2002, at 09:42  PM, Thomas Reynolds wrote:

>> Why can't you just flip the coupling sleeve over and reuse it? I
>> obversed that the teeth 'heads' are not used on the topside and
>> the part looks to be the same on both sides.

> If I remember correctly, you can, but the part will wear out very
> quickly. I remember some folks that had their 5th gear fixed at
> shops had this done, and they were right back there again not that
> many miles later.

Well, I don't think there is any reason you could not do that. I
would wager that the people who had problems again didn't replace
some other part either, which should have been.

The reason I would replace both the hub & sleeve is to replace the hub:
they come as a pair, you cannot buy just the one. The hub is pressed
onto the input shaft and should not be re-used once removed. You
probably could re-use it, but it'll be loose (and often is already
when you go to remove it). That may not be *that* bad of a thing
since it is captive in there, but I'd replace it.

The hub & sleeve used to be available separately... most likely when
Nissan found out about 5th gear popout and issued the altered input
gear, they also noticed that dealerships were taking a shortcut and not
replacing the hub & sleeve as a matched pair, so combined the parts.

Larry
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