[Healeys] Gearbox & Overdrive Hardware

Rich C richchrysler at quickclic.net
Tue Jul 7 12:04:58 MDT 2009


Mark, et al,

I would suggest that if you used all new lockwashers where required, the 
situation was not likely the backing off of the hardware, but rather the 
settling of the gaskets and sealing agent at the joints. After some time of 
being repeatedly heated and cooled causing expansion and shrinkage, plus the 
compressing factoron the gaskets, it's quite common to have to retighten the 
joint fasteners.

Rich Chrysler

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Schneider" <mandmschneider at comcast.net>
To: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 7:55 AM
Subject: [Healeys] Gearbox & Overdrive Hardware


> Good morning list folk,
>
> I recently completed a total gearbox and overdrive tear down, parts 
> inspection and replacement as necessary, and reassembly.  After the 
> system was back in the car and had 600-700 miles on it I needed to 
> correct a major leak that had developed.  As a result of this second 
> effort I found nearly all of the nuts and bolts on the system casework 
> required re-tightening.  Having never before having tackled a project 
> like a transmission overhaul I was surprised to find the fasteners had 
> apparently loosened.  I had very carefully wrenched them all during  the 
> reassembly process with the objective of making sure all nuts/lock 
> washers and bolts were as tight as they had been on disassembly.   Yet 
> they all took one to two flats of re-tightening during the leak  search. 
> Is this need to re-tighten transmission hardware at all  common?  Oh yeah, 
> leak found and fixed.
>
> Mark 3
> '66 BJ8
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