[Healeys] Rebuilding a Healey Overdrive

[Bert Van Brande]

I strongly believe no gaskets are possible around the brake ring as this
would mess up the end-float of the sungear which is adjusted with a steel
washer.  To find the right dimension for this washer end-float needs to be
measured with the case assembled with an oversize washer/spacer and/or via a
dial indicator.  Compressible gaskets would introduce a variable here.  The
brake ring is an interference fit so I just used a bit Hylomar AF on the brake
ring and pretty sure most of it just squeezed out again.  The only thing we
have to create a tight seal here is the 6 studs.  My car is at the painter and
I have not checked this area recently and although this is not a high-pressure
area I somewhat expect this area to be a hard to seal properly.

Bert
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 From: "warthodson at aol.com"
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To: ed.reiss at hotmail.com; healeys at autox.team.net 
Sent:
Sunday, August 12, 2012 6:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Rebuilding a Healey
Overdrive
 
I think you are referring to the gaskets on both sides of the
"adaptor plate"
which mates to the transmission & the main casing of the
overdrive. That is
not the joint I am referring to. There is a component
referred to as the
"brake ring" which mates to the O.D. main casing & the O.D.
rear housing. The
Victoria British gasket kit does not include gaskets for
either side of the
brake ring, nor does the original parts book. But it still
seems to me like a
good place to have gaskets, especially since mine leaks in
that area after
having it professionally rebuilt!
Gary Hodson



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From: Ed Reiss <ed.reiss at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Sat, Aug 11, 2012 10:01 pm
Subject: Re:
[Healeys] Rebuilding a Healey Overdrive


I rebuilt the OD in my BN6 last year
and used a gasket set from
Victoria-British. It had gaskets for both sides of
the joint between the
transmission and the overdrive. The gaskets were thin
paper. If you look at
the VB catalog on-line you can see the gaskets depicted
in the gasket set.
They are not available as separate pieces and are not shown
in the exploded
view of either the transmission or the overdrive.
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