> > 2 - Brass synchros
> **** yes...ALL new ones are crap. They don't fit well and can stretch
a bit.
[David Templeton] Crap, crap, crap :-)
> > 1 - Input shaft
> ???? These are pretty hard to mess up!
> >
> > 1 - OD '73 main shaft
> **** I can understand this one as the tip can end up with a groove
worn in
> it from the bearing in the input shaft.
> If someone put in a new one recently I'd have to belive they didn't
clean
> the crap (cosmoline...wxy type stuff they pack them in) out of the
little
> hole through the input shaft gear that allows oil to reach the cage
bearing.
[David Templeton] The input shaft cage bearing also needs replacing,
shot as well, that is why both the input and main need replacing :-( As
for cleaning off the "packing material" that would suck as well and will
make sure it is done upon reassembly....
> >
> > 1- '73 main gear
> **** are you talking about the main cluster gear? (multiple gears all
on one
> assembly)
[David Templeton] Yeap, luckily I have a spare from another gt6 gearbox
that looks good.
> > 1- lay-shaft
> > 50 - Needle bearings
> **** all three of the last items listed here can easily be screwed up
if the
> last guy to put it together used some of the very prevalent BAD/wrong
sized
> laygear bearings (the 50) and it gaulled since they are too big.
> Mike Ross has a whole page write up on these bad bearings. Being too
big,
> they don't rotate, will flat spot, and then slide rather than roll and
> destroy the cluster gear as well as the layshaft.
[David Templeton] Do you have a link? I have not done a real close
inspection of the current bearing to see if they look like squashed hot
dogs :-)
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