Argh God... what have I done?? I opened the old gearbox... and quickly deduced that I'll never be able to get the side gears back in... without lifting out the differential assembly... I can't do that it looks too major for me.
So.... options? Gynaecological fiddling of side gears back into position without opening the box??
I am thinking of asking the scrappers for a replacement box.. as they didn't lock the gears in position as suggested by Haynes...
Any ideas?
Ta