What is nsx snap ring

Any reason you are not repairing it? I just checked and the Transmission Case is available from Amayama. If you go there you can check all parts on the listing. HTH, LarryB. Last edited by Larry Bastanza; at Last edited by chungeez; at You could donate to Larry B. Who can use it for the community good. Replies: 33 Last Post: , Replies: 21 Last Post: , The Japanese performance version of the NSX uses a 4.

This gear set consisting of the countershaft, differential ring gear, and oil gear can be installed into a US-spec transmission. Factory Honda parts from Japan are used. The gear design allows maximum power to be transmitted to the inside wheel for improved corner traction while the plate clutch pack allows for smooth torque transfer improving stability of the car and smooth operation.

Shipping: Transmissions are shipped by our freight carrier. The other reason is the nature of the manufacturing problem which causes the failure explained in detail above. Here's what some owners have reported. According to an information of Honda Germany the oil can foam when you drive a lot of high speed and some of it flows out of the hole where usually only air has to leave the tranny it's on the upper side.

When this happens the friction between the disk and the flywheel is just enough to keep the transmission main shaft spinning. When the clutch warms up either the friction goes down between the disk and flywheel, OR the disk is able to slide slightly on the main shaft and will allow the mainshaft to slow down enough to get it into gear.

With the engine off the flywheel is not spinning, and as such the main shaft isn't spinning either so the gears mesh really easy. The down side to this is that you are taking useful life away from the synchros by forcing it into gear even when it is warm. If the car moves it means that the clutch is still dragging a little, just not as much as when it is cold.

Bought car in March '98 with 19k miles. Acura goodwilled parts, customer paid labor. I like to get on it a fair amount, and I had it on the track twice this past year. Most of the repair cost covered by goodwill from Acura. Second owner. Web NSXPrime. Which Cars Are Affected? But what the heck is a "Snap Ring" anyway?? This is a picture of the inside of the transmission housing showing the groove which holds the snap-ring. This is how it's oriented in the car - the snap ring sits vertically.

In the cut-away photos below it's lying on the table simply because it was easier to photograph that way. The part where the arrow points is what is cut away in the photos below. Here is a cut-away transmission housing showing the snap-ring groove. The tip of the arrow points directly at the lip. That little lip is what holds the snap ring in place. The tolerances here are extremely tight! The inside edge of the snap ring is held by a bearing assembly held in the palm in the above right picture which is in turn attached to the countershaft.

You can see that there is lots of room for the snap ring to move in the groove in this defective transmission housing - that's why it failed. In a good transmission it will not be able to move up and down up and down in the photo here - but the way the transmission is mounted in the car it really moves side to side.

Snap ring had failed, tranny hadn't been eaten up yet. Replaced tranny housing while doing short gears install and clutch check. VIN , tranny Read the Disclaimer! Other then the snapring it look clean and well held. Seen on a few forums that even with a defectiv snap ring some transmission have been going good upto 15 year. Honda here is asking over euro.

Transmission i got for about euro. Originally Posted by marvalge If its that bad then i will just have to get a new upper case. Well the guy said that the transmissions were replace as they were in the range Funny thing is when i removed the bolt to see the snapring it looked like it was OK but when pressing on one side of the snap ring it whent deeper into the slot but the other side did not even move. I will be removing the upper case today after work.

The shattered snap ring might still be locked in place but will find out when taking it apart today. The ebay page said that the transmission were replace as the owners wanted to get the 6 speed transmission. All a bit odd but hey add the price of the replace-kit and its like buying a good transmission. All times are GMT. The time now is PM.