Rick,
I have never had to freeze or heat anything in any overdrive unit. They
were always well lubricated and a few careful taps with a drift will move
the bearings off the shaft. The front bearing is held in place by a
cir-clip.The spacer (s) you speak of are critical to operation and should be
selected to provide zero end play when assembled.
Dave
Frogeye@SWCP.com Taos Garage Annex in Albuquerque
'62 BT7 MK II, '54 BN1, '62 Fiat 1600S
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Neves _._" <Rick@genomictechnologies.com>
To: "Healey list" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 5:56 AM
Subject: Overdrive bearing installation procedure
> I think I found the source to the grumbling coming from my transmission.
The
> bearing under the sunwheel was badly pitted and loose. We also found that
> there was no spacer under the rear bearing and that the spacer that was
> supposed to be there was in fact installed between the bronze washers more
> forward in the assembly. This may have also accounted for the oil leaks I
was
> getting, seeing that the whole assembly was binding a bit and the sealing
> flanges were not coming together as much as it appeared.
>
> Now here's the question.
> What is the proper procedure for installing the large and small bearings
in
> the rear end of the overdrive, just behind the sunwheel??
>
> I'm thinking that I need to heat the large one and put it on the sunwheel
> shaft. Then freeze the smaller rear bearing and put it in the housing and
then
> freeze the sunwheel assembly and insert it into the bearing and housing.
This
> sounds a bit tricky!
>
>
> Sincerely
>
>
> Rick Neves
> '56 BN-2
>
>
>
> _._
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