The long saga of the transmission rebuild continues... This weekend's
weather was sufficiently wretched here in Maine to allow me to work on the
reassembly of my TRansmission in the basement. I'm now at the point of
refitting the overdrive (a J-type) to the back. I had some difficulty when
I took it off, as the unit didn't want to just "slide off" of the, but I had
to keep prying it up to remove it. Naturally, it doesn't want to just slide
back on either. In looking into the O.D. internals, I see that the splines
for the 1-way clutch and the annulus ring are not aligned. My trusty (but
grease-smudged and battered) Bentley's addresses this as follows:
"Using a screwdriver of suitable length, turn the splines in a
counter-clockwise direction until they both line up" (or something to that
effect)
Well, guess what? I have a screwdriver of suitable length, but the @#*%&
splines don't want to move even a millimeter! Does anyone on the list have
any experience with this? Am I missing something here, or do I just have to
be more patient and keep trying? (One definition of insanity is to keep
doing the same thing, the same way -- each time expecting a different
result). There is some discussion of actuating the O.D. (using an adapter
for a zerks fitting and a hand-pump full of oil) to relieve some preload on
the. Is this what's causing my problem? I'm looking for a solution that
doesn't involve the use of my BFH. Thanks...
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