Hey guys, I'm looking swap the gears in my 09 SS for a set of 4.45s. Ive already figured out where to get them. I wanted to install them myself. My question is do I have to have someone do it for me or is it something I can do myself? I heard john powell wasn't doing any for the time being, and id like to save the $2300 lol. I'm fairly mechanically inclned. It sounds pretty straight forward to me but id love some input.

 

I would say have a look at the inside of a tranny and maybe a repair book and decide for urself. I'm pretty mechanically inclined as well but I wouldn't touch the inside of a tranny unless someone who had done it many many times was helping

 

Need some special J tools that are $$$$$$$$$$$$$. Good luck. Everyone goes to Powell for a reason.

 

I found a small thread on the f35. It doesnt seem too difficult actually! To any ody curious http://www.3si.org/forum/f35/do-i-ne.../topics/301551

 

The fact that you think a 3000gt trans is the same as a cobalt is enough to say your probably not skilled enough for the job.

Jus goin out on a limb here

 

lol i was confused scrolling through that,

youll need some pullers and a press, not sure about any other special tools, its probably doable tho.

 

You know, I googled the f35 and didnt even bother checking the source. I just jumped straight into the forum. Lol.

 

Sweet, it would be a while off before I would try it. Just trying to get a base of operations.

 

Afaik, the 4.45 set is just the diff gear and the gear that meshes to it. The process of disassembling the f35 case is a little tricky. I know powell has made his own tools to complete the gear swap, but tools are available for buku bucks (around $1000 for the set I believe) as stated before.

If you do all that, you will also need crush sleeves for re-assembly. I would loctite 270 or 263 for diff gear bolts torqued to 15-20ftlbs +90*. I have heard it's a good idea to replace the diff gear bolts with new. For my f40 I'm using ARP bolts for the ring gear to diff. F40 design is less of a PITA to work on and from what I've seen.

 

Its hilarious how cheap the tools are for the f23 compared to the f35.

 

yeah you can get the f23 tools on ebay for dirt cheap


p.s your new sig is looking good lol

 

Thanks!