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Re: [Fot] Triumph 4 speed O/D's and Layshaft bearing failures.

To: Glenn Franco <brakey6666@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Triumph 4 speed O/D's and Layshaft bearing failures.
From: John Styduhar via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 15:02:14 -0400
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Don't scrap your TR gearbox case if damaged.  The bellhousing can be used
for a toyota 5-speed conversion.  Just cut off through the two vent opening
are on the sides.  I will pay the shiipping.


On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 3:52 PM Glenn Franco via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Just finished another A Type Overdrive rebuild this afternoon. Next one I
> do I'm going to insist that the owner bring a spare 4 speed for parts or
> maybe 2.
> I very rarely find an overdrive transmission that the layshaft bearing
> next to 1st that hasn't walked and tried to escape the case through the
> thrust bearing. I have tried in vane to remove the laygear with one that
> ground its way into the thrust bearing and sometimes the case. I sometimes
> get the laygear out but in most cases the trans case with the laygear is
> sent to scrap.
> Does anyone have a solution, trick, special tool, to ease the laygear out.
> The normal way is to remove the small thust bearing with a magnet so you
> can tilt the laygear enough to get it out. I have even once resorted to a "
> Slugger Slide Hammer" and chain wrapped around the laygear to get it out.
> Didn't end well however.
> I did read somewhere that someone is using a tapered roller bearing on
> that end which would make more sense than the original design.
> Please advise
> Thanks in advance
> Glenn
> TR6, TR250, Miata, 47 MG TC For Sale, 73 BMW E10 2002 being restored
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Don=
&#39;t scrap your TR gearbox case if damaged.=C2=A0 The bellhousing can be =
used for a toyota 5-speed conversion.=C2=A0 Just cut off through the two ve=
nt opening are on the sides.=C2=A0 I will pay the shiipping.</div><div clas=
s=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div clas=
s=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 10, 201=
9 at 3:52 PM Glenn Franco via Fot &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"=
>fot@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quot=
e" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)=
;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Just finished another A Type Overd=
rive rebuild this afternoon. Next one I do I&#39;m going to insist that the=
 owner bring a spare 4 speed for parts or maybe 2.</div><div>I very rarely =
find an overdrive transmission that the layshaft bearing next to 1st that h=
asn&#39;t walked and tried to escape the case through the thrust bearing. I=
 have tried in vane to remove the laygear=C2=A0with one that ground its way=
 into the thrust bearing and sometimes the case. I sometimes get the laygea=
r out but in most cases the trans case with the laygear is sent to scrap.</=
div><div>Does anyone have a solution, trick, special tool, to ease the layg=
ear out. The normal way is to remove the small thust bearing with a magnet =
so you can tilt the laygear enough to get it out. I have even once resorted=
 to=C2=A0a &quot; Slugger Slide Hammer&quot; and chain wrapped around the l=
aygear to get it out. Didn&#39;t end well however.</div><div>I did read som=
ewhere that someone is using a tapered roller bearing on that end which wou=
ld make more sense than the original design.</div><div>Please advise</div><=
div>Thanks in advance</div><div>Glenn</div><div>TR6, TR250, Miata, 47 MG TC=
 For Sale, 73 BMW E10 2002 being restored</div></div>
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