Benfromsac
Newbie
So I bought this single cab longbed truck a year ago and broke the reverse gear in the 5lm60 manual transmission. I opted to rebuild it myself since my budget was pretty limited at the time. It was a difficult rebuild, but I got it done and back in the truck. It wasn't a perfect job either, because now its giving me problems again. This is a work truck that routinely sees a lot of heavy work with about 150 miles a day.
My question is... am I able to take out this 1st production run getrag290 with the bad bearing design and do a clean swap with the improved 3rd run NV3500 w/out needing to do any modification? (my budget has improved lol) I would preferably have the NV4500 with the cast iron case, but I'm pretty sure that unit won't mate up since it was introduced a couple years after my truck was manufactured. I really want to keep the 5 speed instead of an automatic.
Any advice and tips would be greatly appreciated. Bear in mind that I'm pretty mechanically inclined with tons of tools and a nice workshop, but I am not able to fabricate or machine anything, so anything too complex is out of the question..
My question is... am I able to take out this 1st production run getrag290 with the bad bearing design and do a clean swap with the improved 3rd run NV3500 w/out needing to do any modification? (my budget has improved lol) I would preferably have the NV4500 with the cast iron case, but I'm pretty sure that unit won't mate up since it was introduced a couple years after my truck was manufactured. I really want to keep the 5 speed instead of an automatic.
Any advice and tips would be greatly appreciated. Bear in mind that I'm pretty mechanically inclined with tons of tools and a nice workshop, but I am not able to fabricate or machine anything, so anything too complex is out of the question..