Hi,
Thanks for the info, that would be great if you could scan them workshop
manual pages for me. I've got a spare/old gearbox that the bearings are gone
and the selector is buggered. I'll attempt to pull it to bits as I can do no
harm.
Thanks again.
Help much appreciated.
Jess
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From: Terry & Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 11:57 PM
Subject: RE: 120Y g/box bearing probs.
> An A series gearbox is fairly easy to pull apart. You would replace all
the
> bearings in the box (some places like CBC will have a kit) but it is
usually
> just as easy and more economical to pick up another box. You might find a
5
> speed from the Sunny wagon for ~$150 from a wrecker and I would think a
> 120Y/Sunny 4 speed box would be ~$100 these days.
>
> The idler shaft or as it is also known as the lay gear has a bearing at
each
> end, one is located in the carrier plate and the other is in the casing
> adjacent to the input shaft bearing. The lay gear passes through the
carrier
> plate and the reverse idler gear is located on the end and secured with a
> circlip.
>
> Pretty simple design these but if you've never pulled a gearbox down I'd
> recommend that you find a friend who has to run you over the basics. I can
> scan and send you the workshop pages direct for the 120Y 4 speed box
> (tomorrow)
>
> regards
>
> terry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of JH
> Sent: Tuesday, 25 July 2000 4:43 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: 120Y g/box bearing probs.
>
>
> Sounds like you know what your talking about.
> Where is the bearing on the idler shaft that you speak of?
> Is it hard or expensive to replace?
>
> TIA
> Jess
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 7:16 PM
> Subject: Re: 120Y g/box bearing probs.
>
>
> > Jes,
> > The input bearing is at the front of the gearbox, there isn't a main
> bearing as
> > such in a gearbox. if the gearbox growls in all gears except 4th
(straight
> > thru) then the bearings most likely to be crook are the idler shaft. The
> noise
> > is usually pretty aweful when these are gone. If the growl goes away
when
> you
> > depress the clutch then the throw out bearing may be the culprit.
Another
> > bearing that can growl if it's shot is the spigot, this is a fairly
> distintive
> > screach rather than a growl so i wouldn't rate this high in probability.
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Terry (noises are the hardest problem to diagnose on the net)
> >
> > > Is the main bearing the bearing behind the throwout bearing in the
> standard
> > > 4 speed manual 120Y g/box.
> > >
> > > The g/box growls in all gears and in neutral as well.
> > >
> > > TIA
> > > Jes
> > >
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