525 girdle installation?

[tvanlant]

Is there a site that shows how to install a 525 girdle? Or a Chrome Moly Transplate installation?

[mwadams]

The cromoly plate is pretty much a direct swap w/ the plate that's in there. You need to take the trans end cover off and remove the two 5th gear sprockets held on with spring clamps. Take the 5th gear shift fork pin (or it may be a bolt) out and pull it off as an assembly w/ the syncro. Pull them off and remove the two bolts holding the plate on. Make sure to RTV the end plate (under the bearing retainer plate) if you break it loose for some reason. As for the girdle, the only mods you will have to do is grind off the lip on the dif. cover where the plate sits. It will be easy to see when you hold it up to the tranny. I'm not certain, but it may need slightly longer bolts on the dif. cover side.

Mark

[gerber1125]

ya you will need longer bolts in some spots for the girdle

[tvanlant]

I will be able to all this buy putting the car on the lift and I won't have to lower the trans or anything like that? Just work on it as it sits?

[gerber1125]

ya you should be able to for the girdle
you have to take off the dogbone mount bracket, put on girdle, and put the bracket and mount back on so you will need to support the tranny

as for the plate, when you take out the gears, sprockets, and fork pins, i dont' know how much room you need, so you may have to loosen the drivers side strut a bit to work around it, the wheel will definately have to come off will make it much easier

[PurpleGLHT]

I'm in the middle of try'n to find out why my girdle dont fit flush. Any body have any idea's. Thanks Brian T. Brown

[toofart]

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Originally Posted by PurpleGLHT I'm in the middle of try'n to find out why my girdle dont fit flush. Any body have any idea's. Thanks Brian T. Brown

I know this thread is a few years old, but I just finished installing mine and had the same problem, so I figured this info could be helpful to others.

Essentially the fwdperformance girdle's bend is too 'round' and hits the bearing retainer. I simply used the grinder and grinded the girdle where the retainer would rub. Grind a bit, apply some primer, see where it rubs again, grind more. Repeat until the girdle sits flush over the diff case - this is important to avoid leaks.

Also, most of the bolts that were packaged with my girdle weren't the right bolts. All the bolts are M8-1.25. The bearing retainer used 30mm bolts with a small washer (the 35mm ones that came with the kit were too long for a few of the holes) and the diff case used either 25mm or 30mm.

As a side note, the shift linkage bracket is spaced using three nuts screwed to the studs. If you don't feel like readjusting your shifter linkage, simply mount the bracket directly to the girdle. The girdle is about the same thickness as those nuts -- this way the bracket is no further back than it was stock (and gawd knows there's not lots of room to work with already).

Under load the tranny just feels more solid with the big girdle holding things up. Maybe it's just me.