Again...
There is a thrust washer on the main transmission shaft held in place by a
steel o-ring that fits in a groove in the shaft. It holds the gears, etc, in
position on the mainshaft. If the ring comes loose or the thrust washer
breaks (like mine) this movement will occur. If you catch it in time the
mainshaft won't get damaged. If you're like me it will.
Good luck!
The play should be small, it's in a manual somewhere...
Get a blowup diagram of the transmission and you'll see what this is about
Clark
-----Original Message-----
From: spitfires-owner@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:spitfires-owner@Autox.Team.Net]
On Behalf Of Chad Edwards
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 12:37 PM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: [Spit] Transmission Trouble Update
I posted last week about some troubles I was experiencing with the
transmission in my 1980 Spitfire (weird things happening in 3rd gear). Over
the weekend I was able to pull the transmission out and pop the top cover
off.
What I found was that when in 3rd gear, the syncro hub was able to move back
and forth along the main shaft by over a 1/8". While I don't really have any
experience diagnosing transmission problems, I am suspecting that it
shouldn't have that much play. The 1st/2nd syncro hub has next to no play at
all.
I think that either a clip or spacer was missed during the rebuild last year
or has somehow fallen out since.
As usual, any thoughts or comments are more than welcome.
Chad Edwards
1980 Spitfire
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