Thanks, Chuck
When I rebuilt my ribcase a few years ago before switching to a 5-sp, I had
the same problem of locking into gear and deduced at the time that it was
overtravel on the slider. I picked out a washer thick enough to do the
trick and all was good. I thought I had done something else wrong and that
the washer was the fix for some other problem I had inadvertently created.
Nice to hear that it was just another case of "English tolerances"
Now, of course, I realize that I have a gold seal quality tranny rotting in
my sideyard. This tranny is still free to the first listmember to show up
at my place and claim it. I also have a crappy, dented, rusted up bugeye
bonnet free to the first listmember that wants it. (Rick! If you really
want it, come on up!)
Regards,
Glen Byrns
'59 bugeye
'59 Morris Traveller (Winifred)
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> well you already know you need to pull the gear box out of the car.
> my bet is you have 1 or 2 detent balls out of the first gear synchro and
> remaining ball is stuck partially out and will not go back into the hole
> ..locking it in first gear. all the yanking pulling wacking with a
hammer
> will not get it to release! you need to dismantle the gear box and
> reassemble the first / second gear slider hub assembly. then when you
put
> the shaft wich controlls that hub back into the box put a thick(by this i
> mean there washers of varying thickness ..even at stores with big bins of
> them, do not get a washer as thick as the exhaust / intake washers! just
do
> not install a paper thin one use a bit thicker washer than the real cheap
> ones. specific thickness does not seem to matter just the fact it will
fit
> onto the shaft , that the center hole is near theshaft outside diameter)
> washer onto the shaft before you slide it into the main case . the
washer
> was a BLMC fix for over riding the synchro hub and locking the trans up,
> used in many gold seal rebuilt gear boxes. that should fix your
problem.
>
> chuck.
> formerly the worlds largest sprite driver.
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