[Spridgets] gearbox issue torque spec

[Derf]

If there is a bend over tab washer then there is probably a tolerance like
front wheel bearings and not necessarily a torque spec.
Also, check your pilot bearing/bushing carefully.


On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 7:00 PM Mike Rambour via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

>  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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