[Healeys] Mating OD and Transmission - Now Lay Shaft

[BJ8Healeys]

Mike, I found that installing the layshaft is much easier if the gearbox is
positioned vertically with the bellhousing down.  The layshaft and thrust
washers stay where you put them.

Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
AHCA Delegate at Large
Havelock, NC USA

-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Mike Tobin
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 6:49 AM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] Mating OD and Transmission - Now Lay Shaft

Thanks again for all the help.  Knowing which spline to turn which direction
and having located a longer screw driver I was able to drop the main shaft
into the OD after a couple tries (they weren't wasn't quite lined up at
first).  David Porter suggested an alternate method of lifting the bridge
bars and turning the output shaft.

Now that I think I can get the two mated when the time comes I'm putting the
trans back together and  struggling with the lay shaft. I've got a wooden
dowel inside holding the needle bearings in place and did dry run without
the main shaft in and it went in fine.
With the main shaft in I can't get my hands down into the box to position
the lay shaft.  I'm using a combination of screw drivers for prying and a
length of wire looped under the shat to try and pull it up, but when I start
to maybe think it's going OK the shaft falls back down or a thrust washer
comes out.
grrrrrrrrrrr.

Cheers,
Mike Tobin
Pepperell, MA