BadAss SRT-Z - 2.4L / A568 - Update!!!

[Rampage16V]

The main shaft I have in the box is good. hey that dowel is for shift rail interlock to stop it from going in 2 gears at once.

[turbovanman²]

Is your mainshaft chewed up?

Thanks for the info everyone! yeah I didnt even look at that bearing yet but seperating sounds exactly like what happened.

Where do folks get their trans bearings from these days?

I can get them from a local transmission supply shop-

http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=46305

[BadAssPerformance]

The main shaft I have in the box is good. hey that dowel is for shift rail interlock to stop it from going in 2 gears at once.

Cool and gotcha

This is a 3.50:1 shaft... is the shaft in a 90 small spline the same as a 91 big spline A523?

Is your mainshaft chewed up?

I can get them from a local transmission supply shop-

http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=46305

Mainshaft looks OK but it will need a new sleeve probably... hope this all comes in the Transtar bearing kit I just ordered

[MiniMopar]

JT, could you measure the main shaft where the sleeve is supposed to press on please? I'm wondering if there is a combination of parts which could be used to allow for the older main shafts to be used in the newer transmissions.

If you remove the sleeve to end up with a race that fits the old style bearings. To put it another way, the 90+ case has a larger pocket and a larger bearing there. The shaft didn't change...they just pressed a sleeve on. To put it another another way, the '89 A555 with the newer syncro setup and mainshaft uses the same shaft as the A568. It just lacks the sleeve.

[cordes]

If you remove the sleeve to end up with a race that fits the old style bearings. To put it another way, the 90+ case has a larger pocket and a larger bearing there. The shaft didn't change...they just pressed a sleeve on. To put it another another way, the '89 A555 with the newer syncro setup and mainshaft uses the same shaft as the A568. It just lacks the sleeve.

Thanks for confirming that for me Russ. Now we just need to find a way to use the later synchro on the earlier main shaft or vice versa...

[MiniMopar]

Putting a new gearset into an older case should be trivial. You just need a donor '89 A555 to get the right fork assemblies. I know the 3-4 cluster is the same between the '89 A555 and the A568. I'm less sure about the 1-2 cluster. I remember measuring them and seeing a slight difference in the slider groove...but it was small and may just be manufacturing tolerances. The only possible caveat might be hardening...I don't know if the shaft from an A568/523 has the same treatment as an older shaft, since it never sees direct bearing contact.

You won't be able to swap these gear clusters to an early style shaft (88 and earlier). The splines for the 1-2 cluster are totally different.

[glhs0426]

That little plastic thing that is ground up is for directing oil into the shaft so centrifical force can lubricate the bearings and gears on the that shaft.

[BadAssPerformance]

Gotcha... know if they come in a bearing kit or if I need to scrounce one?

[turbovanman²]

Gotcha... know if they come in a bearing kit or if I need to scrounce one?

Not that i know of, its an OEM part or you need to find a core with one.

[BadAssPerformance]

f u u u u u u u u u . . . .

OK, I'll dig thru my parts boxes

[turbovanman²]

f u u u u u u u u u . . . .

OK, I'll dig thru my parts boxes

I'll see if I have one, LMK if you can't find one.

[fleckster]

JT, they are still available new from the dealer. From my Transmission rebuild part number guide in the KC, part number is 4531528. They are $2.50 list price. I found a place online selling them for $1.73. It would be cheaper than the shipping to send you one!

[BadAssPerformance]

Got a link to the place online? Alex checked yesterday and said he couldnt get?

[fleckster]

If my part number above is correct, I found it listed as available here.

http://www.moparonlineparts.com/PART...&siteid=214954

[Shadow]

I was still able to purchase that bearing and race from the dealer as of a year ago. I bought the bearing for something like 120.00cnd and thought it would come with the race for that price! Not quite. Had to spend another 90.00 to get the race.

[Reeves]

I was still able to purchase that bearing and race from the dealer as of a year ago. I bought the bearing for something like 120.00cnd and thought it would come with the race for that price! Not quite. Had to spend another 90.00 to get the race.

Ouch!

[glhs0426]

JT, they are still available new from the dealer. From my Transmission rebuild part number guide in the KC, part number is 4531528. They are $2.50 list price. I found a place online selling them for $1.73. It would be cheaper than the shipping to send you one!

p/n 4531528 is NS1 and no dealers show it in inventory. If you can find a new one online buy it.

[Reeves]

p/n 4531528 is NS1 and no dealers show it in inventory. If you can find a new one online buy it.

Or buy all of them!

[fleckster]

When I bought the bearing and race for my Spirit a little over a year ago, I paid $78 for the bearing and another $35 for the race both from the dealer.

[MiniMopar]

I bought all my bearings from drivetrain.com, but that was about 4 or 5 years ago. They were not cheap, but still cheaper than the dealer.