The tool has several parts. One is a temporary replacement for the pinion gear
and the other sits in the bearing saddles of the carrier. Both the carrier and
pinion are removed to use the tool. You insert the replacement pinion, sit the
other part in the saddles and with the attached dial gauge, you measure the
depth of the tool. There is a lot more that goes into it but you may get the
idea of how it works. Sets the depth perfect every time and then all you have
to do is set the backlash and check for wear pattern with paint or Dykem Blue.
Got the tool when I bought an old British car junk yard. Also have a special
tool to set valve lash within .0005" using a dial gauge set-up. Not sure if
they need to be that accurate for our old cars.
Barry
From: John Styduhar <johnstydo at gmail.com>
To: barry rosenberg <britcars at bellsouth.net>
Cc: Greg Blake <gblake58tr3 at icloud.com>; Triumph 'Friends of Triumph <fot at
autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 9, 2018 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Fwd: Crown and pinion gear break in
Barry, when you are measuring TR pinion depth, where are you measuring from and
to?? The TR3 manual only has the dimension from the front face of the pinion to
the center of the ring gear which would be impossible to measure directly with
the pinion gear installed.? ?
On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 5:28 PM barry rosenberg <britcars at bellsouth.net>
wrote:
There is a factory set of tools that one uses to measure pinion depth before
taking a diff apart. Then you set the new pinion at the same depth plus or
minus the number on the gear.
Barry
From: John Styduhar via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
To: Greg Blake <gblake58tr3 at icloud.com>
Cc: Triumph 'Friends of Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 9, 2018 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Fwd: Crown and pinion gear break in
The "92" is the "matched set" number and should correspond with the set number
on the ring gear.? The other number is the difference in pinion shimming from
the "normal".? ? Haha, what is normal?
On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 12:33 AM Greg Blake via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:
Ok guys and gals.?
Here is a pic of the new pinion head. What do I do with the number on the
pinion head??
Thanks.?
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 7, 2018, at 1:07 PM, Bob Kramer <rkramer56 at gmail.com> wrote:
I have a 4.88 ring and pinion in a box. My Triumph club is running the VTR
National near Austin next year and I've been volunteered to head up the
autocross. I think I'll build a diff with it and put it in the Beandito, and
sell tickets!?
Bob Kramer
On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 8:37 AM, barry rosenberg via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:
Wasn't this the new set of gears? If so, they were new old stock from England.
They once belonged to Jim Ealy, who owned a black, 1966 TR4A race car. I bought
his junk yard to get his race car and the gears were new in the box. I knew him
since 1973 and he had the gears then. I had them until recently. I would not
think that back then there were cheap reproduction gears available. He had
4:11, the 4:55 and 4:88 (great fun but useless). The 4:11 went in the car when
I sold it, the 4:88 were put in a locked diff and played with on the street;
the 4:55 sat on a shelf for all those years. If the diff still had fluid in it,
then it has to be improper set up, unfortunately.
Barry
From: Greg Blake via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
To: Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
Cc: fot <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 7, 2018 6:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Fwd: Crown and pinion gear break in
Thanks guys for all the feedback.?
So far I have only put the car in the air and pulled the cover. There is ample
evidence of excessive heat so something went wrong with my setup.?
I might get the chance to pull it all out of the car and take some measurements
on Sunday. Once I do, I?ll share my original setup notes and what I measure
upon disassembly.
On a related note. I ordered a new gear set from Rimmer on Monday and it
arrived in Austin today, standard shipping. Amazing. Way faster than some of
our domestic suppliers.?
This new gear set was supplied by Bastuck. Hopefully lasts a little longer. ?
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 6, 2018, at 7:41 AM, Rick Parent via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
Looks like the pinion was way to deep.
On Thursday, September 6, 2018 6:38 AM, Bill via Fot <fot at
autox.team.net> wrote:
I doubt if a break-in procedure could have prevented failure, but as Marcel
says, checking the temperature of the diff could have stopped the damage. The
likely culprits are incorrect engagement or bad parts, but anything that heats
the gears enough to cook the oil off the parts will kill the gears. I had a
close call with one of the gear sets I use. Apparently I screwed up somewhere
in checking fit?when I pulled the rear end to assess the problem there was no
backlash. I have a huge finned differential cover so checking temperature
doesn?t help, but I could feel the car slowing quickly between shifts.
Fortunately I wasn?t doing my usual clutchless shifts and noticed the sudden
deceleration every time I disengaged the clutch. The gear teeth were slightly
blued and the oil smelled like a cesspool, but the gears were still usable once
I did the setup properly.
Bill
> On Sep 5, 2018, at 1:48 AM, van.mulders.marcel--- via Fot <fot at
> autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> ----- Doorgestuurd bericht -----
> Van: "van mulders marcel" <van.mulders.marcel at telenet.be>
> Aan: "Greg Blake" <gblake58tr3 at icloud.com>
> Verzonden: Woensdag 5 september 2018 10:47:59
> Onderwerp: Re: [Fot] Crown and pinion gear break in
>
> I think it is good measure to check the heat of the differential casing after
> a few laps when the pinion and crownwheel are freshly mounted : when the
> casing gets very hot, something is wrong : or the parts are bad or they are
> mounted not correctly
> There are at least 2 manufactures of the TR parts, I forgot about the names.
> As far as I know, used original parts are running cooler than some of the
> aftermarked parts. How was the noise of the diff? Did you notice the smell
> during the first laps?
> Marcel
>
> ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
> Van: "fot" <fot at autox.team.net>
> Aan: "fot" <fot at autox.team.net>
> Verzonden: Woensdag 5 september 2018 03:25:39
> Onderwerp: [Fot] Crown and pinion gear break in
>
> I would love to here the FOT experience in breaking in new differential
> gears. What has worked well for you in the past??
>
> Last weekend, I was running the TR3 at Hallett with a brand new 4.55 gear set
> and it failed. I probably got 30 laps total in 4 sessions on track. I did not
> think to follow any set break in procedure with the gears and I am wondering
> if that is why they failed.
>
> I am interested in the lists experience with brand new or new old stock ring
> and pinion break in.
>
> Here is a pic of the failed set.
>
>
>
> [image/jpeg:image1.jpeg]
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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