Gary,
?
I think you can buy a splined 5th gear to fix this problem.? This would be a
better fix than a keyed gear.? I recently had my?5 speed rebuilt and had a
friend weld the gear to the inner ring.? It worked out well.? I would use one
of these two fixes rather than engineer a keyed solution.??You may be thinking
of a cost effective solution but I don't think you can broach a keyway on a
hardened gear.? It would need to be ground.? I think the cost of an exchange
welded gear wouldn't cost much more than you trying to get someone to grind the
id keyway on your gear!?
?
Just my thoughts.? Good luck.
?
John Over
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary and Cindy Ault <aultgc@att.net>
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Sent: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 4:24 pm
Subject: [Roadsters] Fifth Gear Neutral
Has anyone out there ever had a 5-speed main shaft and fifth gear machined for
a woodruff key? If feasible, that would certainly eliminate the possibility
of the dreaded "5th gear neutral" condition. I checked the PMWIKI secion on
311s.org, but found very little about overhauling a 5-speed. Did I miss
something? Gary Ault SPL311-05917/U20 SRL311-00428 Solex
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