i can use the bearings that came with stock right?

Stock baerings work in this idler, and yes, Dafni, the input gears are hardened, which is why the idler must be hardened as well.

I'm gonna be putting in an order for a set of these very shortly. May I ask, when you say hardened are they case hardened (carburised) or are they made from an alloy steel. Thanks.

Btw. they look machined to a very high quality. :D

Case hardened.

dad ordered a set for me 2night like 2 hours ago!
looking forward for those idlers Mike!
Thanks!

Mine are on there way .

Mike...
I was wondering how many weeks till the idlers will arrive at my house?
a week? two weeks?
your at New York right??
Im at California

About 2-3 days. You should have the idlers by Thursday. They shipped this morning.

nice nice
ill be checking my mailbox every hour lol

Stop jumping that postmen.. You might scare him off.. Mine didn't show up for about a month as revenge.. (i jumped him from behind, i thought he was keeping the goodies himself..)

lol mine isnt a postman
its a postwoman

That explains why you check your mailbox every hour..

Bet it ain't the mailbox your checking..

shes a woman but shes ugly and old and wrinkly so no i dont check out the postwoman i check for my Idlers

Glad we got that cleared out...

Here we've got some fine looking 20 year old students.. That's the only reason i order as much packages i can buy... (kiddin' ive Got a lovely and pretty girl....)

omg 2 more days till the idlers come
cant wait

11 more minutes till 2morrow!!!
here at the West Coast of course!!
2morrow hopefully the idlers arrive!!

guess wut came in the mail 2day!!!!!





the IDlers from Mike!!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...50Z/Idlers.jpg
Thanks Mike!!!

OK i popped the stock blue rubber sealed bearing in the idlers
now im afraid how am i gonna take the bearings off??
i had a hard time putting the bearing in the idlers
i had to use a rubber hammer to put em in

If you had to use a hammer, the bearing might not have seated correctly. Next time try aligning them with the idler shaft while inserting. Another possibility is that the idler just has a very close tolerance between the two surfaces. I don't own one of these personally, but I believe there is a ridge in the middle to seperate the bearings? Try applying force with a flat screwdriver in a circular fashion in between the two bearings. Then again, you might have jammed them in there pretty well.

*disclaimer~ I don't own these, so I may be incorrect!

Mike (or anybody else who has these), if you don't mind me asking, what's the weight on these?

yeah theres a lil ring thing in the middle to separate the two bearings
sorry I didnt weight em b4 putting the bearings in
so dont know the weight
plus they alrdy in my tranny =)

The bearings fit very tightly, but they do go in . A hammer is definately NOT necessary, either!
I have not weighed the idlers, so I am unsure of the actual weight. I will weigh them for you.

uhhh did i damage the idlers by hammering it???

I doubt you damaged anything(except maybe the bearings). If the idler spins with no resistance, tye bearings are fine. I know the bearings were snug. The heat treatment likely changed the inside diameter just enough to tighten things up.

hmmm....I have a problem with one of my idlers. The inside of it is very rough, and it has no ring in the middle. I can fit one bearing inside it, but because there's no ring in the middle the bearing moves about and the ilders doesn't sit in line with the other gears. What should I do?

Hopefully this pic explain all

Can you push the bearing all the way through? Can you get a bearing in either side? It does look a bit rough on the inside, actually, but I see a slight ring in the middle, which should locate the bearings. The bearings are a tight fit, due to the hardening process. I have made an adjustment on the next batch to compensate for this.

I can easily get one bearing in. The other bearing goes about 2/3's of the way in, but there is a little lump (not shown in the photo) that stops it going any further. The little ring that you described you thought you could see does nothing. The bearing that I can fit in pushes as far up the hole and the lump (which stops the other bearing going in.
I'm going to see if I can dremel the little lump away. Thanks for your help.

Problem solved.....yet again the dremel saved the day. Tranny runs nice 'n' smooth now. :D