[Healeys] Differential vs BN2 OVERDRIVE

Bob Spidell bspidell at comcast.net
Wed Mar 4 22:26:22 MST 2020


Don't forget the laygear shafts; they wear at the ends due to the side 
loads.  Hopefully, the 'uprated' DWM shaft I just installed holds up.

ps.  The only laygears I've seen advertised were 'rebuilt'--i.e. welded 
together--is there a source now for new laygears?

bs

On 3/4/2020 9:15 PM, Michael Salter wrote:
> One consideration regarding the use of 1st gear is the durability of 
> said gear. With a count of only 13 the straight cut teeth on the 
> laygear tend to wear very quickly when subjected to any sort of load.
> Although laygears and 1st gears are available rebuilding a gearbox is 
> not an inexpensive exercise so starting off gently in 2nd gear is 
> HIGHLY recommended.
>
> M
>



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