Hi Rob
The same way the engine would turn it, clockwise,(I'm sat here doing little
circles in the air!!)
Graham.
----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Christopher <robc@cisco.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: TR6 transmission and OD bench testing
>
> Thanks to all who responded on this, including the pics from Power
British. A
> little more than I want to build just to do a five minute test, but showed
me it's
> just a matter of putting an electirc motor of some sort on either the
input or
> output of the tranny.
>
> But now one more question. If I just go the BFD (big frikkin' drill) on
the input
> shaft route, which direction do I have to spin the input shaft? I want to
test the
> OD while it's mounted on the tranny and know it's a really bad idea to run
the OD
> in "reverse", (one way clutch can implode?) so which way do I spin the
shaft to not
> destroy my freshly rebuilt J-type?
>
> Rob Christopher
> 74.5 TR6 CF27218UO
> Ottawa, ON (10 more cm of the white stuff tonite)
>
> Rob Christopher wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone
> >
> > I'm into the last stage of my tranny tear-down/rebuild. The OD is
completely
> > back together and the tranny will be back in one piece before the
weekend is
> > over. The whole thing turned out to be more of a cleaning exercise then
> > anything else. All the bearing are smooth and look good. The synchro
cups all
> > look OK as well, and given the quality of the ones I got from TRF, I'm
putting
> > the original ones back in, only swapping 1st/4th and 2nd/3rd to put the
freshest
> > ones on the lower gears. Only problem is I can't return the TRF ones
'cause I
> > got them through the 100 Grand Sale.
> >
> > The OD is now spotless inside and out, the solenoid checks out, all the
springs
> > are springy, and all new o-rings. The main reason I tore into this was
that the
> > OD never worked, and according to the POWNCF (that's "previous owner who
never
> > changed fluids") it hasn't worked for over 15 years. The car (and
tranny) only
> > have 60K miles so the OD really only has about 25K miles of use! The
dash
> > pot/pump/filters/sump were really gunked up so I'm hopeful it'll now
work.
> >
> > So, how can I test the OD while the tranny is out of the car and on the
bench?
> > I recall seeing some posts a long time ago but a search on ListQuest
turned up
> > nodda.
> >
> > Rob Christopher
> > 74.5 TR6 CF27218UO
> > Ottawa, ON (now with 15 more cm of snow!!)
> >
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