Subject: My transmission
Author: Ted Ward
Date: May 13, 2005, 11:35 PM
Post ID: 1718863727
I recently told you guys about my trip to Missouri, the first trip this '74
eldo has made in probably 20 years or so. When I got home it was leaking
gear oil pretty badly so I took out the transmission tonight in anticipation
of getting the seals from MGCycle. Here is what I found:
When I replaced the transmission input gear I put on the different style nut
(same as goes on the transmission output gear) which is taller than the
original. Either I did something wrong or something was adjusted badly or
something. But the outer half of that nut was completely scarily mangled,
the rest of the nut was loose but the gear and threads seemed fine. So there
were a few strips of loose metal floating around.
Then when I took the clutch rod out, I kept finding these little tiny pins,
which I soon realized were roller bearings that fit on the back side of the
push rod. I assume this is supposed to be a sealed unit.
So I'll replace all the seals and the roller bearing.
The transmission seems to still work fine, what's the danger of more
extensive damage?
One other question, how deep should the hole that the clutch rod fits into
be (in the little round thing that pushes against the clutch)?
Ted Ward