The factory service manual indicates that an abutment plate (flat piece of steel) should be fitted at the rear of the gearbox case across the rear bearing opening to provide a surface for the gear to bear upon. The photo doesn't show it but there must be a spacer on the abutment plate that protrudes into the gear case to provide a surface for the main shaft to bear against. This same arrangement could be made from a straight steel bar and a large socket or cylindrical piece of steel. Greg Wolf Bridgewater, Michigan In a message dated 12/19/2008 6:59:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
HELP! Bill Gingerich has kindly offered to fax me some good instructions, but I thought I'd ask the Font Of Automotive Wisdom on this anyway. I'm still stuck trying to disassemble my GT6 gearobx. Got the layshaft out, but the cluster gear is still loose in the bottom of the case. Got the input shaft out easily. The next instruction says to drive the mainshaft backwards to push the rear bearing out, which will let the mainshaft tilt upward enough so that the gears will start coming off. Did that. Problem is, the gear at the back (1st?) contacts the case long before the bearing is free. I removed the circlip which anchors the output shaft to the rear of the bearing, and managed to move the bearing a big further out (rearward) by moving it on the shaft as well as the case. Moving this bearing is tedious and requires prying it on one side then the other, moving it mils at a time. It still has 1/4 in to go. But I see no other way to get the gears off the mainshaft. I just finished off a bottle of Ipswich Stout, but it didn't help. Now what? There must be a way. Jim Muller [email protected] [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025) _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
