[DougHogg]

Here are a few other pointers on taking the pins out of the drill transmission.

To remove the pins, you have to pull back on the gear shift away from the transmission output end. Then twist the front of the transmission. Now before you pull the pieces apart, put matching arrows on the two pieces. That will help you line up the pieces to put them back together.

I recommend separating the pieces with the front of the transmission pointed straight up. You should then see the pins sitting on the rear section, nestled in amongst the other parts.

To re-connect the pieces, we found it easiest to take the parts now stacked on the rear section and piece by piece, relocate them to the front section. You will then wind up with a single gear in the rear section to nestle in to 5 gears on the front section. That takes a little bit of jiggling to get them to fit together sometimes.

Then with the gear shift still back towards the rear of the transmission, turn the two sections until your arrows line up and press the sections together. Once again, you might have to twist them back and forth a lttle to get them to come together.

Lastly twist rotate the pieces to lock them in place. (Since I don't have a transmission right here, I won't guess which way to rotate them.)

I would pull back the gear shift and put a cable tie (pull tie) on it to prevent it from coming apart and all the pieces falling out.

By the way, I also recommend that you do not store them with the drill motors inserted in the transmission, as you may find that someone picks up the combination and the drill motor drops and breaks some plastic off as happened to us.