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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'>As Bob said, it can be a bit of a pain to
install. I've done several in recent years and I usually 'chase' around
the top of the spring with a wide-blade screwdriver, and repeated light taps
from a hammer, until it is snug inside. If your retainer spring is a new
after-market one and a bit oversize could you perhaps nip it up a little to a
slightly smaller diameter with a bit of gentle persuasion in a vice?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'>And, as Bob also mentioned, a third hand is
most useful in this job to make sure the spring doesn't do it's 'jack-in-a-box'
thing when it is ALMOST in place.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext'> Bob Spidell [mailto:bspidell@comcast.net]
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 26 April 2017
5:20 a.m.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> healeys@autox.team.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Healeys] Spring -
BJ8 Gearbox</span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Jean,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I
still have my original, and it's a bit of a pain to install--you need three
hands--but nothing like this. Can only suggest you may have to grind the
outer part of the 'last ring' to make it fit; doubt that would compromise
performance or strength very much.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Bob<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 4/25/2017 9:47 AM, i erbs wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 8:33 AM, Jean Caron <<a
href="mailto:vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send=true>vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>Has anyone replaced the gear shifter retaining spring
lately on a center shift 4 speed gearbox. I am replacing one now with a new
spring and I am having a difficult time with it. I have replaced several in the
past but cannot remember having such difficulty with it. It seems that the last
"ring" of the spring is too large and it does not want to go in its
place to fit the washer. Consequently I cannot even think of fitting the
circlip into its groove.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Calibri;color:#888888'>Jean<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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