Paul, you do have to pretty much disassemble the gearbox. If you are going
that far you might as well put new bearings and layshaft in as well. Make
sure you have a good manual. I used the Haynes manual which leaves a lot to
be desired for a gearbox rebuild. My gearbox leaked all the oil out and the
bearings went bad. Of course, my son never noticed the increased noise or
grinding coming from it while he drove to college each day. I found the
layshaft deeply grooved and layshaft bearings shot. VB has a rebuild kit
that I bought and installed. It includes the bearings, layshaft, and
gaskets. Don't skimp when rebuilding the box. I didn't replace the needle
bearings on the mainshaft under the gears, big mistake. After my son
driving the car to college daily for 2 months it's making a lot of noise
again. I have another gearbox I also rebuilt so I'm going to install it and
hope for the best. This one only had a bad input shaft bearing.
When you disassemble the gearbox, watch for springs and ball bearings,
especially the syncro hubs. There are ball bearings that are spring loaded
under the outer hub. If you inadvertently move the outer hub wrong the
balls and springs fly. Believe me they are very hard to find again. I
spent hours in my knees in the garage looking for the stupid things.
If I can be of any assistance don't hesitate to ask. This is my work email.
My home email is kcwaringa@worldnet.att.net
Good Luck
Ken Waringa
71 TR6
74 Midget
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of wizardz
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 1:02 PM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: tranny 2nd gear replacement
Well... I haven't even checked it out yet...
but I am under the impression 2nd gear might be gone in my
newest toy. I'll find out this weekend after I rebuild the clutch slave cyl
How hard... what's invloved in replacing the gear.
I see VB even has the gear up front in their catalog so I'm assuming
this is a common mality of the box.
does the entire box have to be dis-assembled just to get the gear switched
out
or are there any ';words of wisdom' or 'short-cuts' to swapping the gear out
if that's
what I need to do.
Paul Tegler
OBie - 1973 BGT - Daily Driver
http://www.teglerizer.com/mgstuff/ob_description.htm
Rat - 1980 Spitfire - fledgling recently left the nest
http://www.teglerizer.com/triumphstuff/spit80.htm
Punkin' - 1978 Spitfire - in Superb Shape!
http://www.teglerizer.com/triumphstuff/spit78.htm
Lil Greenee - 1973 RWA Midget - finally home
http://www.teglerizer.com/midgetstuff/index.html
email: wizardz@toad.net http://www.teglerizer.com
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