-- [ From: Chris Reilly * EMC.Ver #2.5.3 ] --
Tom;
Thanks for the information on the reverse gear I will drain the tranny
and then check it out. Guess I should pull it out and rebuild it.
Already had it out once for a new throwout bearing. Thanks again for
the advise, don't know how I would keep the Spit running without this
list !
Chris
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Date: Wednesday, 06-Aug-97 11:42 PM
From: Tom.omalley \ Internet: (tom.omalley@channel1.com)
To: Triumph \ Internet: (triumphs@autox.team.net)
Subject: Reverse on Spit 1500
Chris wrote:
>Ok, any ideas on what went in a trans to cause reverse to no longer
stay
>engaged.
Most likely the teeth are stripping off the reverse idler gear and 1-2
outer syncro hub. This is apparantly common for this box. I've seen
two like this already. Triumph modified the reverse gearset with the
production of later single rail trannys. Don't know if things improved
tho'.
>I still plan to try and make this last until the fall, will this
problem
>affect the forward gears ? So far they work fine...
If the reverse teeth are floating around in there they might get caught
and damage other parts. Drain the oil and look at the magnetic plug.
This should give you and idea of what's happening in there. If the
broken teeth *don't* get drawn into the rest of the works then I would
expect that the forward gears would continue to work fine.
Tom O'Malley
'74, 77 Spits
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