These pins are "roll pins" which should be available from machine parts
suppliers. They are made of sheet metal rolled into a circle to stay in
place by the spring action of the rolled metal. They are driven out with a
punch and reinstalled with a mallet or hammer.
Richard Bittmann
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Snyder" <helyjohn@cablespeed.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 11:14 AM
Subject: [Healeys] Fw: Trans locked in reverse
> Dan White sent me an email asking for details on what happened, and I
> replied. He suggested that I copy my reply to the List, so here it is.
>
> John Snyder
>
>
>
>> Dan,
>>
>> As I shifted into reverse, the shift lever went too far to the left as it
>> went into reverse. Then the lever just flopped around, and nothing would
>> work. There are 2 threaded "pins" in the casting where the lever fits.
>> These pins fit into slots in the lever and keep the lever from going too
>> far to the left (reverse) or right (past 3/4 gears). One pin was
>> missing,
>> allowing the lever to go too far to the left. The ball on the end of the
>> lever popped out of the socket on the remote shift rod. If you have a
>> Moss catalog, look at item #31 in the "External Gearbox Centershift"
>> drawing. Replacement pins are NA. I bought some 1/4" NC bolts, turned
>> the
>> threaded end down so it would fit in the slot and replaced both the
>> missing pin and the one that was there.
>>
>> A friend in Vancouver, BC who repairs Healeys told me that sometimes the
>> end of the pin brakes off. My remaining pin looked bad so changed both.
>>
>> John
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