I have not done it, but there are tools available from Moss and TRF I think
that are designed to remove these things...I think they seem to be failry
expensive! I'm sure some of our mecahnical "Brains" have found a way!
At 11:47 AM 3/6/1998 -0500, you wrote:
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>Does anybody out there have any clever tips on how to remove the that are
>used to keep the needle bearings in the countershot gear cluster and also on
>the mainstay cluster on a TR6 transmission?
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> I know that the ends of the 2 that hold the bearings are angled (like this:
>//), and the theory is to use a wide-bladed screwdriver to pry one end up,
>and then lever the rest off. I can't seem to get them to budge. My
>screwdriver blade just slips off every time I try to twist it.
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>Then there's the one on the main shaft! My friend Bob Lang calls it "The
>from Hell" (or the CFH for short). Is there some nondiscursive way to
>remove it? So far I have bought 2 pairs of pliers, and modified the tips of
>one set to cut off the pins that go into the holes on normal. I then cut
>notches into the outside edges of the tips with an inward taper so the
>couldn't slide up the outside of the tool. Well, it didn't slide up the
>tool, but the geometry of the opening changed as it expanded, and the tool
>slipped out the side! There must be some really simple, elegant way to get
>these #@&%!! things off..
>
>As in life, it's always the little things that cause the most trouble...
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