[Healeys] Gearbox

Austin Healey pajtamuvek at gmail.com
Sun Apr 17 00:03:50 MDT 2011


Hi,

The free movement is at the gear knob, and the same between 1st and 2nd and
3rd and 4th.

Gearbox oil: Richard You're absolute right. I will use 30 grade oil which is
not thick. For some reason, I remembered it was much thicker. That wont help
much.

Gergo

2011/4/16 Len and/or Marge Hartnett <thehartnetts at earthlink.net>

> Chris:  "...That's how they wear out (apparently) -holding the gearstick,
> and thus
> wearing the selector fork)...".
>
> I heard that years ago at a tech session.  Made sense with the brass of the
> fork rubbing against the steel of the gears.  I have adhered to that policy
> and believe that it has paid off as I believe that I have very little 'slop'
> in my shift lever at over 168,000 miles on the original forks.
>
> Gergo:  "...Now the gearstick has approx 8 to 10 mm free play...".
>
> That's about 3/8th of an inch.  Is that at the top of the gear shift knob
> between 1st and 2nd or between 3rd and 4th with the engine off?  I don't
> have any comparisons except against my BJ8 but it seems to me that 8 to 10
> mm would be more than "acceptable".
>
> (The Other) Len
> Vacaville, CA, USA
> 1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031
>
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