[Spits] Spitfires Digest, Vol 2, Issue 203

[bill at gingerich.us]

   If  you're  replacing  the layshaft, how about just shortening the old
   one and using that?

   BillG

   OKC

   -------- Original Message --------
   Subject: Re: [Spits] Spitfires Digest, Vol 2, Issue 203
   From: Doug Braun <doug at dougbraun.com>
   Date: Fri, December 19, 2008 8:16 am
   To: spitfires at autox.team.net, Glenn Franco <gaf3 at charter.net>
   This is where the "dummy shaft trick" will help out:
   First get a wood or plastic shaft the same diameter as the
   real countershaft, and a wee bit shorter then the cluster gear.
   Then  fit  the needles to each end of the cluster gear, using vaseline
   or grease to hold them in place.
   Then put the dummy shaft in the cluster, to firmly hold the needles in
   place.
   Then drop the cluster gear into the case.
   Finally,  when  it  is time to slide in the layshaft, it will push the
   dummy  shaft  out  the other end, and the needles will stay where they
   belong.
   I still have my dummy shaft (a piece of dowel) that I made up about 16
   years ago.
   Doug
   --- On Thu, 12/18/08, Glenn Franco <gaf3 at charter.net> wrote:
   > I rebuilt a 3 rail for my race car about a year ago. The
   > most difficult
   > job is getting the cluster back in position without loosing
   > the needle bearings.
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