914 transmission disassembly, Step by step, so it can go back together Options

[bondo]

I just took apart my last transmission, and I carefully documented the disassembly with notes and pictures. I did it so I could put one back together, but I might as well post it here for all to benefit from. It is not intened to replace Red-Beard's article, more to supplement it. The parts diagrams and Red-beard's article are not enough to turn a pile of parts into a transmission. (There are three similar tapered washers that are all different thicknesses, for example) You either have to just know where everything goes, or take very good notes while disassembling. I did not fully disassemble the transmission, just the most confusing parts that usually have to come off. I left a bearing race on the input shaft, and a bearing on the pinion shaft. I did not remove the differential. Without further adoo, (I don't even try to spell french) here's step one:

1. Drain the gear lube! Very important! Here's what happens when you don't:

[bondo]

Yeah, I tried the vice grip thing first, until I started shearing teeth off my vice grips (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (whatever the shaft is made of is HARD) None of them were as tight as that first one though, so the vice grip thing probably would have worked fine on the rest. Do you know how to decide how many shims are needed when assembling a transmission from parts? Also, do you know if there is any wrong way to install an H gear as 5th? That is my ultimate goal, and I don't want to screw it up, or change the laws of physics (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)