The factory service manual indicates that an abutment plate (flat piece of
steel) should be fitted at the rear of the gearbox case across the rear
bearing opening to provide a surface for the gear to bear upon. The photo
doesn't
show it but there must be a spacer on the abutment plate that protrudes into
the gear case to provide a surface for the main shaft to bear against. This
same arrangement could be made from a straight steel bar and a large socket or
cylindrical piece of steel.
Greg Wolf
Bridgewater, Michigan
In a message dated 12/19/2008 6:59:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
jimmuller@rcn.com writes:
HELP! Bill Gingerich has kindly offered to fax me some good
instructions, but I thought I'd ask the Font Of Automotive Wisdom on
this anyway.
I'm still stuck trying to disassemble my GT6 gearobx. Got the
layshaft out, but the cluster gear is still loose in the bottom of
the case. Got the input shaft out easily. The next instruction says
to drive the mainshaft backwards to push the rear bearing out, which
will let the mainshaft tilt upward enough so that the gears will
start coming off. Did that. Problem is, the gear at the back (1st?)
contacts the case long before the bearing is free. I removed the
circlip which anchors the output shaft to the rear of the bearing,
and managed to move the bearing a big further out (rearward) by
moving it on the shaft as well as the case. Moving this bearing is
tedious and requires prying it on one side then the other, moving it
mils at a time. It still has 1/4 in to go. But I see no other way
to get the gears off the mainshaft.
I just finished off a bottle of Ipswich Stout, but it didn't help.
Now what? There must be a way.
Jim Muller
jimmuller@rcn.com
Spitfires@autox.team.net
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires
http://www.team.net/archive
**************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail,
Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now.
(http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)
_______________________________________________
Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
Spitfires@autox.team.net
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires
http://www.team.net/archive
|