I remember when doing my rebuild the cones were fairly easy to get on the
gears. I did my own machining with a drill motor and a file. Don't remember
the exact details of how I did this (it was forty years ago!), but it worked
fine for the next thirty thousand miles. :-)
Sent from my keyboard
On Jul 15, 2013, at 7:32 PM, dwoerpel <dwoerpel@wi.net> wrote:
> Thanks to all who responded. I knew there was something hinky about
"smoothies".
> Dave :{)
>
>
>
> On 7/15/2013 1:37 PM, Gerard wrote:
>> Great news Mark, congrats!
>>
>> Dave, the smooth case requires the the gear synchronizing cones to be
shrunk
>> on. This is typically done in a heated oil bath (250F) and both inside and
>> outside surfaces need to be machined rather precisely before and after
>> assembly. I rebuilt one of these in the late 60's, but parts were easy to
get
>> and finding a shop to do the work was easy and reasonable. If you had all
the
>> parts ready to go, it's no more difficult to rebuild than a ribcase, it's
all
>> that comes before that's the obstacle.
>>
>> Gerard
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