[Spits] What's the next gearbox move????

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The factory service manual indicates that an abutment plate (flat  piece of 
steel) should be fitted at the rear of the gearbox case across the rear  
bearing opening to provide a surface for the gear to bear upon. The photo  doesn't 
show it but there must be a spacer on the abutment plate that protrudes  into 
the gear case to provide a surface for the main shaft to bear against. This  
same arrangement could be made from a straight steel bar and a large socket  or 
cylindrical piece of steel. 
 
Greg Wolf
Bridgewater, Michigan
 
 
In a message dated 12/19/2008 6:59:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jimmuller at rcn.com writes:

HELP!  Bill Gingerich has kindly offered to fax me some good  
instructions, but I thought I'd ask the Font Of Automotive Wisdom on  
this anyway.

I'm still stuck trying to disassemble my GT6  gearobx.  Got the 
layshaft out, but the cluster gear is still loose  in the bottom of 
the case.  Got the input shaft out easily.  The  next instruction says 
to drive the mainshaft backwards to push the rear  bearing out, which 
will let the mainshaft tilt upward enough so that the  gears will 
start coming off.  Did that.  Problem is, the gear at  the back (1st?) 
contacts the case long before the bearing is free.  I  removed the 
circlip which anchors the output shaft to the rear of the  bearing, 
and managed to move the bearing a big further out (rearward) by  
moving it on the shaft as well as the case.  Moving this bearing is  
tedious and requires prying it on one side then the other, moving it  
mils at a time.  It still has 1/4 in to go.  But I see no other  way 
to get the gears off the mainshaft.

I just finished off a  bottle of Ipswich Stout, but it didn't help.  
Now what?  There  must be a way.

Jim  Muller
jimmuller at rcn.com
Spitfires at autox.team.net
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