That's true, the washer will do a temporary fix on this problem, but with
worn shifter forks it not really reliable. BTW, I have these washers made
for me by my machinest for the one two punch I use on these rebuilds. The
real culprit is the effective shortening of the interlock pin on the
first/second gear slider due to wear on the pin and the 2 pieces it
interlocks on along with shaft wear. This allows the center slider to move
too far one way and then the outer ring to move too far in the opposite
direction with the result of the detent balls starting to come out. So I
make new longer interlock pins out of hardened Harley Davidson roller
bearings!!!
Been rebuilding these since '74---Far too long!!
Later, Paul A
----- Original Message -----
From "gerard" <pixelsmith at gerardsgarage.com>
> An awful lot of work for a kluge. With it that far apart, why not
> replace the worn out part?
>
> At 8:14 AM -0400 4/24/04, Charles Christ wrote:
> >whew!
> >the most common reason a spridget gear box locks up in first gear is the
> >detent balls for the synchroniser have come out of their recessed holes
just
> >far enough to neither go back in or come completly out! there is a
simple
> >yet pain in the tush repair that numerous BMC gold seal gear boxes had
done
> >to them. you must remove the gear box from the car and pull the rear
tail
> >housing off . remove the frist / second gear shift rail and place a
washer
> >onto the shaft and reinstall the shaft , and reassemble the gear box.
the
> >washer (not a paper thin one yet not as thick as the intake / exhaust
> >manifold washers!) limits the travel of the shaft just enough to no
longer
> >over extend the travel of the first gear throw. now of course you are
very
> >carefully pulling the shift railback while pushing the detent balls back
> >onto their holes. if the balls 1 or more are already in the bottom of
the
> >gear box then you must disassemble the whole gear box to reassemble the
> >frist / second gear synchroniser.
> >it sounds hard yet it is rather easy to do.
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