has anyone replaced their input shaft bearing on a T56? Pulled the tranny to replace the clutch (broken spring wedged in pressure plate) to find that the input shaft was as loose as a wet noodle. Im wondering if you have to tear the whole tranny apart or can you just replace the bearing without setting tedious tolerances.

 

Maybe someone else can help out more, but i know you can take off the front cover of the t-56 and put it back on, with out tearing the trany down. Just pull and install. As far as shimming i dont know? Something caused it to come loose/break.. Look into that.. 4th gear is only 200.00 , check "The Gear Box" on ebay, but they have a web site too. Bearing at gm is like 35.00. Not sure how to shim it or check for the proper clearances.

good luck , hope what little info i gave helps

B-rad