Pg 3: 55 Chevy T56 Tranny # 2
This is the "new" Page 3
And the second page on the T56 tranny
An earlier page is available showing the disassembly of the T56 to install a Keisler Engineering shifter rod and parts to move the shifter forward.
Here's a Link to that "T56 Page 1"....
Or, Here's a Link back to the "new" Page 2
And, A Link Back to the '55 HT Home Page
There's a lot more about this tranny, and adapting it to fit under a '55 Chevy with a bench seat, that will be added later. The shifter was moved from the "standard" Camaro Z28 LT1 position forward to what was an inspection plate. It required disassembly of the tranny to do this. Then I got this shift lever and "8 ball" knob and adapted them to this tranny, as a sort of "first test page" for me on this server with this software....
This '93 T56 tranny is the M28 version, rated at 350 ft-lbs,
and has the following gear ratios:
1st: 3.36; 2nd: 2.07; 3rd: 1.35; 4th: 1.00; 5th: 0.80; 6th: 0.62; rev: 3.28
Willy
Just for grins, put the stick on the tranny to see how it looks.....
looks GREAT !
This pic shows the rear plate covering the access hole where the original '93 Camaro shifter was. That shift lever was between a pair of bucket seats, it definitely would not have worked under a '55 Chevy with a bench seat, so it was changed....
Found a Hurst shift stick I like, and should fit with the bench seat quite nicely on top of the '93 Camaro T56 tranny....
But, the "8-Ball" knob I want to use has a 5/8" fine thread, and the stick has a 3/8" coarse thread....
Of course, none of the shops around here have ANYTHING like that, a threaded 5/8" fine by 3/8" course reducer bushing???
Get serious....
So, decided to make one, first step, get a 5/8" fine thread bolt....
Next step, drill it for a tap, but I usually start small, get it centered, then go to the proper drill size for the 3/8" course thread....
Then tap it, I like to use three taps, a starter tap, then a medium tap, then a bottoming tap, run the threads all the way to the bottom of the hole...
Then thread the bolt in the knob, thread on the 5/8" lock nut, cut off the excess bolt, thread it onto the stick with the 3/8" lock nut, and it's all done....
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