Dick and others:
You were correct - a 'wedgelok' bolt (as Bentley calls it) just unscrewed
from the selector fork and fell into the case. I drained the oil (which
was perfectly black, no gray color or brass filings) and somehow fished the
bolt out of the case with a magnetic picker-upper. It wasn't broken, just
unscrewed and fell out. A little bit chipped where it hit moving gears,
but since there was no clunk or other horrible sounds I'm hoping it just
glanced off the gears and lay still, instead of getting nasty and jamming
the gears and then cracking the case.
SO I look around a bit and - 4 bolts are missing from the
bellhousing-to-rear-plate attachment. Just gone. Can see daylight through
the holes.
Is this common on a tr6? I've seen lots of bellhousing and never saw bolts
missing. Do British bolts have a tendency to unscrew? I can hear them
now, chatting among themselves:
"what say percy, shall we give this Yank a treat and just unscrew ourselves?'"
"Jolly good oliver, let's do that, and tap on the top cover whilst doing it
so we can give old first/second wedgelok the same idea."
A question: should I replace the other selector fork bolt, just for
safety? And I suppose I should use loktite? Any other suspects to
tighten/replace? Thanks for your help and expertise.
George Loriot
1976 TR6
At 03:55 PM 10/4/02 -0700, Sally or Dick Taylor wrote:
>George---I could be something as simple as a loose or broken bolt that
>holds the selector or its fork to the selector shaft. You'll be able to
>tell when removing the top cover to the gearbox.
>
>Dick
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