The roll pins are notorious for doing that under hard use. BRE made some
that were kind of "spiral-wound" rather than being a single layer with a
hollow center.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Andy Cost
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 7:14 PM
> To: Datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Cc: I-Race@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Lucky Day
>
>
> I busted a tranny at the autocross Sunday. I was planning to
> combine a few of
> the spares I have into one good one. The first four speed that I
> opened up
> was one that had lost first gear at the dragstrip a while back. Upon
> inspection I found that the roll pin holding the shifter fork on
> had snapped
> into three pieces and allowed the shifter rod to slide inside the fork. I
> bought a pack of roll pins for $1.00 and put it all back
> together. I guess
> it's my lucky day. I didn't even have to take the tranny apart.
> There is one
> little hitch in my progress. I took the input shaft cover off to
> remove the
> leaky seal. While I had the cover off a shaft with a D-shaped
> end slid out.
> I pushed it back in but now there is something loose rattling
> around inside
> the case. It looks like I'll have to pull the pan again and fix
> whatever fell
> off. It's still much easier than assembling one good tranny out of five
> broken ones.
>
> Later,
>
> Andy
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