[Spridgets] gearbox issue torque spec

[Mike Rambour]

  Hi,

  My gearbox works fine, shifts fine, etc. but developed a knock. I 
removed it and found the front cover plate by the input shaft broken, 
removed the front cover and found the nut had worked loose, tore up the 
front cover.

  I am hoping that is all that is wrong with the gearbox, I have gone 
through the Haynes and can't find a torque spec for it, I did find 
"Drive Nut 90-100" but is that this nut highlighted in the picture below 
(I hope it comes through) ?

  Last question is, can I put the thing in gear, protect the output 
shaft splines on the other end in a vice and torque this down (and I 
have a new tab to bend over the nut, the old one looks pretty bad) or 
will I damage something in the gearbox ? I really don't want to 
dismantle the gearbox if that is all that is wrong it.  I am going to 
assume that if the gearbox can't handle me torquing this nut down, it 
could not handle the stresses of being driven on the road, especially 
with hard downshifts, but never hurts to ask.

     mike

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