Do not try to grind the laygear. You will destroy it.
You need to determine why it won't fit. Is it really too long?
If you still have your old laygear, compare the length of it to your
rebuilt gear.
If not, it is relatively easy to measure the distance between the two
bearing surfaces & compare this to the total length of the laygear plus
thrust
washers & thrust plates.
You may need thinner thrust washers, but I would not jump to this
conclusion.
It is possible that your problem is simply assembling the laygear, two
thrust washers & two thrust plates. They can be a bit difficult to get them
all aligned.
Finally,you need to have the correct end float when it is all assembled.
See the service manual for this information.
If the rebuilt gear is indeed too long, then I would personally expect the
supplier to replace it with a correct one, regardless of how much time has
elapsed since it has not been used & was "dead on arrival".
Gary Hodson.
In a message dated 4/12/2009 9:29:16 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
rdickson@midwestarchaeology.com writes:
Fellow Healeyoids,
I'm having a difficult time assembling My 63 BJ7 centershift gearbox. I
can't seem to get the laygear in with the thrust washers. The thrust
washers are too thick! I have a rebuilt #3649 laygear, courtesy of AH
Spares. It has a new first gear nicely welded to it. It has been
refurbished and appears to be hardened and really nice. However, it appear
to be too long and there is no room for the thrust washers to fit. It
looks
like the thrust end of the laygear (nearer the first gear) is too long.
Could I grind this down to the appropriate length? That would be very
tough
to do equally around the diameter of the laygear. Or, should I look
for a
new laygear? I bought this like six years ago, so I doubt that I could
exchange it. Also, I am using the original BJ7 gearbox case. Please
advise! Thanks!
Randy
Healey Archaeologist
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