Jamie:
Please elaborate a bit. What have you tried to get the bearing
off? As I recall it is a press fit, so it is not going to just slide off
the mainshaft. Are you saying that you have tried a drift, and it won't
budge?
If a drift won't move it, it is highly unlikely that a bearing
puller will move it either. If that is the case, buy a replacement
bearing and throw away the mainshaft and the bearing as the bearing
probably cold welded itself to the mainshaft.
As I recall (always a dicey proposition with me) you need to get
the bearing off to remove the first gear and some related stuff. If that
is correct, and you cannot drift off the bearing, you are probably
looking at cutting the bearing off with a Dremel or similar tool.
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Jamie Palmer
Sent: June 13, 2006 5:32 PM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Tranny questions (both probably dumb...)
Ok, I'm embarrassed to be asking these, especially since I've
successfully rebuilt TR6 tranny's in the DISTANT past, but I'm in the
middle of a tranny rebuild (actually, a rebuld/OD conversion) and have
run into a couple of issues:
1. I can't get the center bearing to release it's hold on the
mainshaft. Short of acquiring or machining up a Churchill tool, anyone
got any surefire tip to getting the bearing to release? It's had PB
Blaster on it for 2 weeks and it hasn't made a noticeable difference.
2. Bob Lang, whom I trust a LOT after reading advice for years, uses
Redline MTL in his trannys...which works for me, but I don't know that
they are OD. Without raising the whole issue about oil choice for
tranny, is the Redline MTL ok for an OD tranny?
Thanks in advance. If you're interested in what this is going in (NOT a
TR6), check out the blog at http://2000estate.blogspot.com.
Jamie Palmer
tr6driver@earthlink.net
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