Message text written by "Brian Sanborn"
>Follow the Haynes step-by-step. I used a rubber mallet... whacking real
>hard on the "wings" of the tailshaft casing. Takes a long time. During
>the rebuild I must have done this 3 times. I would get it all back
>together and notice that something was backwards or not right.
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Still no luck on getting it off. I have a BFRH (R for Rubber), but it did not
budge. The tail housing moved about 3/8" rearward and stopped there. The
strange broken metal fragment is from the "keeper plate" holding the
countershaft. That needs replacement. I really whacked the ears of the
tail housing. After whacking, I found that the gears would not spin anymore,
and then traced it down to the fact that the entire shaft was moving to the
rear with the housing. I then pushed the shaft back where is is supposed
to be, and I lost 1/4" of the 3/8" of total tail housing motion.
I am really hitting it hard. I even installed long studs in the bolt holes
to keep the tail housing lined up properly. No good.
It almost seems like there IS a circlip hiding somewhere I can't see retaining
the tail housing on the tailshaft, as the Haynes manaul says there is (but
no diagram shows). I am about to give up and go to a pro for this and
other "special" maneuvers remove the tough parts. Then I can do the rest.
The synchros look OK, the gear teeth are OK, the 2-3 end float is way high.
Seems like a standard refurbishing job. May not even need some of the
expensive synchro rings/hubs, just bushings and bearings. The ball bearings
at the ends seem fine too....
-Tony (with sore wrists from bashing the transmission)
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