How To Rebuild a Toyota W56 Manual Transmission (22RE) - Complete Disassembly & Teardown

HOW TO Rebuild a Toyota W56 Manual Transmission!! Complete tear down and disassembly, removing shift forks, bearings, gears, synchro rings, detent balls, interlocks, snap rings, springs, and synchro/clutch hubs. By the time we're finished we'll be left with the bare cluster shaft, main shaft, and mid plate. A deep dive into how these transmissions work and how to fix them.
This W56 5 Speed transmission is out of my 1986 1st Gen 4Runner, and it had an input bearing failure which sent metal shavings throughout the cases and warranted a complete rebuild. These old Toyotas are known to be rock solid reliable and this transmission is no exception. It survived over 300,000 miles and I drove it home with the bad bearings without breaking a sweat. It was my first time taking one of these things apart, and I have to say it went pretty well! All I needed was a couple of bearing pullers, assorted wrenches and sockets, snap ring pliers, and patience! I think you can keep costs low and learn how to repair your own vehicle by taking on a project like this.
The W56 was found in the Toyota 4Runner and Pickup from 1985 - 1995, both 2WD and 4WD models. Should also apply (mostly) to other W-Series Toyota Transmissions including W55, W56-A, W56-B, W56-C, W56-D, W56-E, W57, W58, and W59. This transmission is found in the Toyota Pickup and 4Runner, but should also apply to later Tacoma and T100 models using the W59 and Celica, Cressida which also use a similar transmission.
Previously, I removed the transmission from the truck and removed the bellhousing, transfer case, and split the cases. That's when I found the blown input bearing and knew I had to take this thing apart and do a complete overhaul and restoration.
Previous videos in this series:
► Taking cases apart: • METAL CHUNKS in My 4Ru...
► Removing transmission: • 4Runner Transmission P...
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0:00 Intro and Recap
0:45 Removing Shift Rail Springs and Detent Balls
2:23 Removing 1-4 Shift Rails and Forks (watch for interlocks!)
7:30 Removing 5th and Reverse Shift Rails and Forks
10:36 Rear Bearing, 5th Driven Gear, Split Bearing Removal
12:29 Removing 5th and Reverse Synchro/Clutch Hub, Synchronizer Ring
14:31 Tips for How I'm Staying Organized
15:08 Output Shaft Sleeve, Bearing, and 5th Gear Removal
17:18 Removing Reverse Gear From the Main Shaft
18:36 Removing Bearing Retainer and Snap Rings (Main and Cluster Shaft)
20:05 Main and Cluster Shaft Removal From Mid-Plate
21:33 Input Shaft and 4th Gear Removal
21:56 3rd Gear and 3-4 Syncho/Clutch Hub Removal
22:26 1st Gear, Main Bearing, Synchro, Race Removal
24:56 2nd Gear, 1-2 Syncho/Clutch Hub Removal
25:50 Finished! Outro
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[@RM_Garage]

Next episode, rebuilding it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hau9l6Cfmp6hr8k

[@joseperez-cl8jk]

Amazing the way you just took your time and dismantle that transmission this is the first time to see how it done thank you. JoP

[@joeyelll9940]

Just picked up an 88 4Runner for a absolute steal, really excited to work on it and watching these videos makes me feel lazy lol

[@RM_Garage]

Sweet!! They’re fun to work on

[@mollisika]

Thanks for really informative video!!

[@user-iq3eu8ql3q]

Very interesting and thank you for your time Jahbless

[@oscarpuente2029]

outstanding!

[@CB-hr6zs]

Good video bro keep it up everyone can say whatever but they aren’t the ones taking apart the trans for the first time and filming it for KZbin.

[@RM_Garage]

Thanks! Yeah totally not worried about it and to be fair it went really well! No issues tearing this thing apart.

[@yukkosuomenen7]

Nicely done! Thanks!

[@RM_Garage]

thanks!

[@bepo1784]

Thanks a lot - it´s very helpfully.

[@chriscollins260]

Good tip on the impact driver and the gear puller.

[@RM_Garage]

👍 thanks for watching

[@efil4kizum]

i have an R150F in an old gen1 Tacoma... it made it to 341k miles on the original clutch (throwout bearing started the chirping at last) so i finally had the clutch parts replaced. Upon disassembly found that the pilot bearing had roached a nice groove on the input shaft and the input shaft bearing was a bit on the wobbly side. [27-Jan-2o24]

[@fu4383]

Magnificent

[@msskgamer655]

Super video I like you 💯

[@dundeeecroc]

Hi again, my 1985 Toyota 4runner SR5 5 speed's transmission makes noise in 1st 2nd and 3rd gears while on the street/road from a stop, it does not make noise in the 4th or 5th or even coasting... any ideas to what it may be? I also replaced the trans gear oil the other day with Redline full synthetic 70w90...... please advise, thanks!

[@ivanihirwe]

Indeed sir!!!

[@devindadevinda7749]

Very good vido

[@Dr.Tarekh-Rasul]

Nice

[@akawireguy1197]

The pads on the 1-2 shift fork should be examined to make sure there is still plenty of meat on them. The 1-2 fork gets used more than the rest of them and if the pads get too thin you will get the dreaded first gear kick out and a new shift collar won't fix it.

[@gregoryg.campbell3874]

The dreaded first gear kick out. Thanks for the tip. I seem to be having that problem in my four-speed.

[@tamirumekonnen9971]

Pls next, Assembly this gear box

[@RM_Garage]

I do. Check the next video

[@danielklassen27]

Inertia is what drove off the gear.

[@dundeeecroc]

Hi, can we get this video Closed Captioned? (CC) thanks! I have a 1985 4runner SR5 .

[@RM_Garage]

Hey there! Give it some time, YT takes a while to process bigger videos like this one. CC/subtitles should be available by the end of the day, as well as 4K.

[@dundeeecroc]

@@RM_Garage Thanks for the heads up! Btw, where is this/your garage?

[@monkeynts]

We’re you ever able to get your hands on a marlin crawler kit?

[@RM_Garage]

No, they’re out of stock still :/

[@RM_Garage]

Just following up, the rebuild video is posted! I used a kit from transpartswarehouse which was all OEM spec NSK/Nachi/Koyo.

[@ThisOldYota]

Dang it!! Now I have to mine. Are ya going to do the rebuild?

[@RM_Garage]

Yup, I plan on it!

[@RM_Garage]

Just following up, the rebuild video is posted!

[@ThisOldYota]

@@RM_Garage Yes!

[@Mike_Allegro]

Where are you buying the rebuild kit from? Are you replacing the syncros as well?

[@RM_Garage]

I was originally going with Cobra but they're out of stock. eBay has quite a few sellers who have Nachi bearings with synchros for $200. Yeah I plan to replace the synchros.

[@Mike_Allegro]

@@RM_Garage I am about to rebuild my W56 as well. I wanted to use Cobra but also noticed they were out of stock. I found these guys out of Redding, CA. They use Nachi and NSK bearings. $ 159 dollars. transpartswarehouse.com/bk162ws-w55-w56-w58-toyota-transmission-rebuild-kit-5-speed-1978-1991.html

[@A_R912]

I like them snap ring plires. What brand are they?

[@RM_Garage]

I don't remember but I upgraded them to something better, Proto. amzn.to/3qoqhOg

[@A_R912]

@@RM_Garage thanks for the link.

[@user-iq3eu8ql3q]

❤

[@pojdiavaj1422]

👍

[@silverfox8915]

where did you buy your rebuild kit from ? thanks

[@RM_Garage]

It’s in the description of the rebuild video. (The next video after this)

[@RM_Garage]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hau9l6Cfmp6hr8k

[@user-kc4ju1ty9o]

Ok

[@Bahram.mechanic]

👍👍👍👍👍❤

[@ablayecisse115]

Hallo

[@zumazoomzoom7632]

Mine works perfectly it just leaks in the middle on both sides 😂

[@RM_Garage]

Haha nice! Don’t they all? 😂

[@jamiljamalzadah5832]

Your greet 😍 mecanic and I am mecanic and

[@GenAfterNextTactics]

Was considering doing this job…yeah no, way too many pieces and moving parts.

[@RM_Garage]

There is a lot of room for error, that's for sure.

[@chiefmechnic]

❤