Another thing about the reproduction gear boxes. The gears are made of a really
inferior material. Particularly the larger toothed gear. After only a few
months, the M*** repro I was running for everyday use stripped the teeth from
this larger gear. Luckily, my friend that has been restoring Healeys for over
30 years had a large mayo jar filled with used Smith's gear boxes and parts. He
just happened to have a single half in all that jar that was the half I needed!
I just removed the large toothed gear and installed it in my repro. I have been
running it for a year now with no problems.
One other things you have to be careful of is the gearbox fitting that screws on
the generator. It comes loose frequently. Can really screw things up if it
comes off. Whenever you check your oil levels (engine, carbs, etc) just take a
quick look at the fittings on the gear box.
Mike MacLean
60 Sprite
56 BN2
02 FLSTS
00 F150
Charles Christ wrote:
> BTW!
> i bought one of the very first gear reduction boxes from moss when they
> released them as a new reproduction product. the case halves were not
> sealed nor well machined for a good fit between the halves. the cases
> leaked like a sieve! i notified moss of this imediately and to the best of
> my knowledge nothing was ever done about this. i took apart a brand new
> assembly and sealed it myself. now! in my estimation i should have never
> had to dismantle a brand new item to fix it's leakage. but at the time it
> was the only one i had that worked and it was my only option as moss seemed
> indifrent to my reporting the problem. any of you who are using one of the
> reproduction tach drive gear boxes might want to protect your investment in
> the item by disassembling it and positivly sealing it in order to retain
> it's lubricant to protect both the gear box and the generator's armature if
> the gear box siezes!
>
> chuck.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike MacLean <macleans@earthlink.net>
> To: Charles Christ <cfchrist@earthlink.net>
> Cc: spridget list <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: Saturday, June 21, 2003 12:14 PM
> Subject: Re: NOS Gear Box
>
> >Count on this list to know everthing. Thanks Chuck.
> >Mike
> >
> >Charles Christ wrote:
> >
> >> go to your local yamaha dealer and request "yamabond". it is a black
> >> sealant used to seal the engine case halves against leakage. i've been
> >> using it for years and it is a superior sealant.
> >>
> >> chuck.
> >> it stopped chronic leakage in my harley!
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