Message text written by Tony Rhodes
>The cost of a new shaft is not that great. It is feasible to exchange it
with a new one
rather than reuse the old one. THe expense is not great compared to the
effore to get it out.
The bearings will be left in place, and who knows their condition? I
suppose that if the
layshaft surface is in good shape, then the bearings can be retained.
Your suggestion is pretty good, just moderately inconvenient. Probably a
good
service interval. Replace the clutch disk, throw out bearing and layshaft
at 50,000
miles. Total rebuild at 100,000 miles....... Maybe. You need to have the
2-piece
steel "Brian Schlorff special" top hat bush installed, though, to keep the
mainshaft in
spec.
-Tony<
The cost of the new shaft is not that great as you pointed out, but
swapping it out a bit of a pain. I, too, have removed several damaged
layshafts but in each case the bearings appeared to be serviceable. My
thought is that if the shaft could be oriented in more than one position
one could just rotate it with much less effort than what it takes to remove
and replace. One could probably do it without removing the transmission.
(Unless the transmission has overdrive)
Just a thought.
Dave
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