[Healeys] gearbox woes

[Healeyguy at aol.com]

John
"I removed the box today and to my horror found large pieces of brass in  the
overdrive strainer." Large pieces or chunks are relative to what you call  
small.  Large pieces are probably not from the bauking (syncro)  rings.  However 
destroyed thrust washers in the sun gear or behind the  unidirectional clutch 
will leave brass actually bronze, slightly U shaped,  consistent thickness 
bits in the strainer. This also leads to a complete OD  rebuild.  The operating 
shaft in the OD has a "O" ring that should seal the  shaft to keep the oil out 
of the solenoid housing. Loose long bolts in this area  can allow a slow leak 
around the threads. The front seal tends to leak a bit if  the surface on the 
first motion shaft is damaged or the main bearing or bushing  in the back of 
the crank is bad. Also there are some seals sold that are not  quite the 
correct inside diameter and doesn't "squeeze" the shaft  enough. Looks like a tear 
down is in order.
Aloha
Perry





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