Taking 'em OUT by yourself is fairly EASY...putting them back in, on the
other hand, is DEFINITELY a two man job! I put installed mine, uh, let's say
"several" times before I got it right. Managed to do it in about 45 minutes
- once. The other times it took about 4 days, (I spread out the installation
sessions as a concession to my frustration). When Henry Frye finally took
pity on me and came to help, we picked the gearbox up off the floor and had
it ready to bolt up in two minutes, literally! I crawled under the car and
held up the bell housing while Henry maneuvered the tail end...worked like a
charm! Get some help, Barry!
Michael Ferguson
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>From: levilevi@home.com
>To: Bwfox@aol.com
>Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: TR4A TransRemoval
>Date: Sun, Jul 9, 2000, 6:18 PM
>
>
> The tranny has to come out through the interior if it comes out by
> itself. The drive shaft will slide back (on itself) on the splines
> enough to slide the tranny back apart from the engine. Then you have to
> do a lot of little (but not light) lifts and pulls to work it out of
> there. Of course you've removed lots of interior stuff first including
> the seats beforehand, otherwise the tranny ain't gonna come out as easy
> as it could be...which is not easy to begin with. I've done one alone
> but I'd advise having help...I'll loan you my 14 year old son, he's done
> a couple with me.
>
> Bud
>
> Bwfox@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> People who have BTDT,
>>
>> It has become evident that the time to renew the throw-out bearing
>> in my TR4A is here. My factory shop manual says the trans can be
>> removed by itself, leaving the engine in place. I put the car up on
>> ramps in the front and jack stands in the rear and crawled under
>> to size up the job. One of the steps in the manual is "remove
>> the drive shaft". That does not look possible due to the large
>> flat reinforcing plate at the "X" of the frame. With both ends of
>> the shaft unbolted, there is no where for it to go. Unless the shaft
>> is out, the gearbox will not have any room to slide to the rear and
>> off the transmission input shaft. So what I need to know is:
>> 1. can the trans be removed by itself, or must it and the engine
>> be removed together?
>> 2. after I remove the trans cover will I see sufficient clearance
>> to pull the drive shaft out towards the front of the car from the
>> inside?
>>
>> Any and all advice is appreciated. Reply here or at foxb@macom.com
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Barry W. Fox 65 TR4A CT51681L
>> W1HFN
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