[Healeys] Gearbox & Overdrive Hardware

[Oudesluys]

Did you use a torque wrench and did you apply the specified torque loads?
Kees Oudesluijs
NL


Mark Schneider schreef:
> 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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