Again... There is a thrust washer on the main transmission shaft held in place by a steel o-ring that fits in a groove in the shaft. It holds the gears, etc, in position on the mainshaft. If the ring comes loose or the thrust washer breaks (like mine) this movement will occur. If you catch it in time the mainshaft won't get damaged. If you're like me it will.
Good luck! The play should be small, it's in a manual somewhere... Get a blowup diagram of the transmission and you'll see what this is about Clark -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chad Edwards Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 12:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Spit] Transmission Trouble Update I posted last week about some troubles I was experiencing with the transmission in my 1980 Spitfire (weird things happening in 3rd gear). Over the weekend I was able to pull the transmission out and pop the top cover off. What I found was that when in 3rd gear, the syncro hub was able to move back and forth along the main shaft by over a 1/8". While I don't really have any experience diagnosing transmission problems, I am suspecting that it shouldn't have that much play. The 1st/2nd syncro hub has next to no play at all. I think that either a clip or spacer was missed during the rebuild last year or has somehow fallen out since. As usual, any thoughts or comments are more than welcome. Chad Edwards 1980 Spitfire 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!
