Thanks Jim, Jack Emery just wrote too. He had the same thing to say.
I planned to do just as you, and he, suggested, I just needed a little
re-enforcement! I just know
that the dang thing broke just after some spirited driving.
Did you call Jim at Trudesign?
I am going to call Paul Dierschow tomorrow and make sure he is taking the 5th
wheel over to Jim on
Monday. Plus I need to drop by Paul's and buy some rear end shims. I bought a
new rear end this
evening, actually a whole car. Dang, am I nuts? I bought a 1977 MGB roadster,
it runs but is
missing a bunch of parts. I was thinking I would use the rear end pieces, and
the rest of it?
Maybe sit it beside my rusty 1964 and make a "new" 1964 car with the 1977 shell
and the odds 'n ends
from the 1964.
Larry
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Stuart [mailto:jimbb88@erols.com]
>Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 10:06 PM
>To: Larry Hoy
>Cc: MG V8 List
>Subject: Re: Broken rear end
>
>
>Larry-
>
>I did over 200,000 miles with a used MGC rear when I sold my gray car, still
>running
>today. Rear was
>very used when installed. There is really no difference between the B & C
>rears except gear ratios,
>both are Dana rears, use the same shims, but do have different pinion flanges.
>
>As cheap as MGB rears are, if you can stand the 3.9 ratio, I'd just pick up
>another. All
>this assumes
>you are using the later tube rear, not the early banjo type, which is not as
>strong.
>
>If you do pick up another MGB rear, replace the plastic shims & copper cup
>washers per Moss Catalog
>before you install.
>
>Jim
>
>Larry Hoy wrote:
>
>> Many of you know I am running a Buick 215, Borg Warner T-5 and an MGB rear
>end.
>>
>> After "pushing" things a bit, I noticed a clunk in the rear end. Silly me I
>thought it might be
>> suspension related, well after checking all the rear suspension and finding
>nothing, I pulled the
>> inspection cover off the rear end. Guess what, one of the spider gears is
>missing a tooth.
>>
>> Just wondering ... the common thought is the MGB rear end is strong enough
>for the 215. I know
>> anything can break at any time, so I thought I'd get the collective opinion
>of this list. Do you
>> think this will be a re-occurring problem, or just a "fluke"?
>>
>> Larry Hoy
>
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