In <54263.engle@phy.fsu.edu>, Blair Engle wrote:
>[TD] Bearing replacement requires the removal of the gearbox,
>disassembly and special tools.
>
Actually, you don't need special tools to redo bearings in a TD
gearbox. The only really challenging problem is getting the shifting
dogs onto the sliding hubs without having the little spring-loaded
balls find inaccessible corners in your shop (and even this doesn't
need to happen if you are just doing bearings). You can stake the
balls into the holes one at a time by gently peening the edge of
the holes with a pin punch. You do need a fake (short) shaft for
installation of the laygear, but that's just a piece of rod.
Now if I could only get my 2nd gear sliding hub (backordered since
Adam was a pup) I could prove all of this.... Sigh.
A. B. Bonds
|