I don't recall ever having any difficulty getting the rear extension housing off.
I hop you didn't take the instructions too literally, and try to remove the flange without removing the nut first. :-) Do you have to do anything relating to the speedometer drive? I forget, but does the speedometer drive assembly have to come out first? A piece of 2x4 is an excellent substitute for a leather mallet. You definitely do have to remove the rear housing, so that the main shaft and the counter shaft can come out. Doug Braun '72 Spit --- On Mon, 12/15/08, Jim Muller <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jim Muller <[email protected]> > Subject: [Spits] help on gearbox disassembly > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, December 15, 2008, 10:18 PM > I know it's supposed to be the reverse of re-assembly, > but I'm still > stuck on a few points. > > GT6 3-rail gearbox, no OD. I've got the top off, > speedo drive > removed, rear flange removed from the output shaft. The > Haynes > manual which I'm trying to follow gives two > instructions, one to > remove the nut on the flange and remove the flange, and > another to > remove the flange. I don't quite get what they're > driving at; why > two instructions unless there' something about the > first that I > missed. It looks like there is a rubber seal and a bearing > in the > extension housing. > > Anyway, the next step is to pull the extension off the box > "by > tapping underneath the mounting stud with a leather > mallet." Yeah, > right. The picture shows someone casually pulling the > extension from > over the shaft, but I'm not there yet. I've > managed to lift the > extension from the box by maybe 1/16th inch, just enough to > break the > gasket seal so I have to finish the job. But it looks like > it is > being held in place by that bearing possibly pressed into > the end. > Is the proper technique just to keep tapping so as to move > a bearing > off the shaft? Do I need to remove that seal first? > > I'm starting to wonder why I'm doing all this. The > box sure looks > good inside to my casual inspection. But now I'll have > to re-seat > that gasket or else force enough Hylomar into the space to > seal it. > > So what's the magic incantation to pull that extension > off? Is it > just another pint of ale? I suppose I should be using a > Bentley > manual but it turns out mine is for the single-rail box in > a 1500. > Don't know whether it would be different. > > Thanks! > > -- > Jim Muller > [email protected] > '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+ > _______________________________________________ > > Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html > > [email protected] > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires > > http://www.team.net/archive _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
