[Healeys] ring gear

[Chris Dimmock]

My advice?
Never boil Diff oil on your mother's stove so you can easily slip a bearing on
your 1975 Toyota Corolla rear axle.
Oh. And don't use your Mum's best saucepan to boil the diff oil...
A lesson learnt long ago.....
Mum's now 88.... This was 33 years ago - But I reckon she is still haunted by
that rank smell of hot diff oil......
Baking plated nuts and bolts to remove hydrogen? Never an issue - even with my
ex wife.
But boiling diff oil?
Just don't go there......
Dry metal is fine. But never boil diff oil...
;-)
Chris

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On 18/01/2013, at 3:26 AM, Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you want to avoid the wrath of "She who must be obeyed" may I recommend
> the barbeque for heating ones ringgear.
>
> Michael S
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 6:52 AM, Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl> wrote:
>
>> To remove the ring gear use a cold chisel between two teeth  to break the
>> ring. Remove all burrs and rust and clean the new gear ring and flywheel
to
>> perfection. Wait until the Missus is out for a day or two. Leave the
>> flywheel in the freezer overnight and  heat up the ring gear  to the
>> maximum in the oven for about an hour. Before you start the job make sure
>> you have all the required tools etc. at hand. Prepare some blocks on the
>> floor near the oven and lay down the cold flywheel flat on those. Remove
>> the ring gear from the oven using oven gloves and slide it on to the
>> flywheel, making sure it is in the right orientation and that it is seated
>> squarely and fully home. It will probably fall in its place straight away
>> but be prepared to use a copper faced hammer to lightly tap it home. Work
>> relaxed but be quick as the ring gear will cool down pretty fast.
>> A very simple but satisfying job.
>> Kees Oudesluijs
>> NL
>>
>>
>> Op 17-1-2013 2:15, Gbouff1 at aol.com schreef:
>>
>>> It's winter (in Connecticut), so I working on things that I can do in
the
>>> warmth of the basement.  The ring gear on the flywheel of my 60  BN7  has
>>> about 5 inched of teeth which look a bit ragged.
>>>  Has anyone out there changed their own ring rear?  If so, what method
>>> did
>>> you use to remove the old and replace the new ring gear.
>>>  Gary Bouffard