The TO has a stop in the groove, where the pins go to prevent it from
turning. When you hold it and spin it you can actually here the bearing
a fair bit, I think the sucky part is the bearing itself can be
lubricated, I am sure they would last longer then to simply dry out.
David Templeton
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CarlSereda@aol.com [mailto:CarlSereda@aol.com]
> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 4:37 PM
> To: David Templeton; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: clutch fork pins
>
> David,
> Sometimes you can rotate fork pins to position a new surface without
> buggering em up (vicegrips)
> That's what I did..
> How do you know your throwout bearing was squealing and it wasn't the
pins
> scraping down..?
> Carl
> '63 TR4 since '74
>
> <<< I have finally pulled the gearbox out of the Spitfire(spit6). I
have
> taken the
> bell housing off, the shifter plate and forks off. Now I am looking at
the OD
> unit and wonder the easiest way to separate it as a "subassembly" that
I don't
> need to worry about. Is it simply the bolts holding the OD plate to
the main
> body of the gearbox that need to be removed?
>
> I also need to clean the inside of the gear box casing, to make sure
all
> little bits are out, any recommendations?
>
> While I have this apart I am replacing the TO bearing as well, it was
> sqealling, not badly yet, but still sqealling. The fork pins are
showing the
> flat wearing as seen by many. Can the TO fork pins be replaced?
>
> Thanks in advance
> David Templeton
> '74 spitfire/gt6 >>>
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