On 27 Nov 2006 at 20:10, S1500 wrote: > Worst case scenario if I unknowingly bent the input shaft,
It isn't likely that you would bend the input shaft, but it does stress the pilot bushing and the bearings in the gearbox and the clutch disk and splines. Hmmm, bending the steel frame of the clutch disk might be the most likely thing to happen. But the thing is, the "engine mounts" really support the front of the engine and the back of the gearbox but nothing in between. The engine and gearbox hold onto each other and are held up as a unit. Without supporting (the back end of) the engine (and ideally the front of the gearbox too, though it isn't so heavy as to be a real problem) you would never be able to pull them apart because of the stresses. In fact, you won't even be able to get any rear support bolts out without smashing a finger or ruining threads. And if you did manage to pull them apart the engine would then go CLUNK, or more likely, BANG onto the frame or ground at its back end, falling on and certainly breaking the exhaust pipe, maybe breaking the front engine mounts, maybe denting or cracking the bellhousing, and maybe slicing off a finger (yours, not the car's). Or maybe it would drop the finger springs onto the end of the input shaft, ruining the pressure plate. And anyway, you need to crank the whole thing up high enough for the driveshaft flange to clear the hump. So you need a jack under there after all. Speaking of input shafts, if you remove the clutch you'll need the clutch alignment too or a spare input shaft to get the disk lined up properly when you bolt the pressure plate back in. But I suppose you know that already. > I shall tear into it further, and remove the cowling that > covers the axel and uncover the carpeting Axel? I assume you mean the driveshaft (which they call the propshaft over on the other side of the The Pond). I've always removed the front carpets but not the carpet over the hump, nor the handbrake. You can fold back the carpet over the hump to get access to that cowling. Piece o' cake. You'll have it out in no time! -- Jim Muller [EMAIL PROTECTED] '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+ Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html === This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register === http://www.vtr.org === Help keep Team.Net on the air === http://www.team.net/donate.html === unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try === http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool === Other lists available at === http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo === Archives at http://www.team.net/archive === http://www.team.net/the-local === Edit your replies!
