Re: [Spridgets] Question about mating the transmission to the engine

[Richard Ball via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>]

Richard Ball <rich_ball@mindspring.com> wrote:

>David,
>Don't use the bolts to pull things together.  A while back I ended up 
>rebuilding a Datsun 5 speed for a friend who did the same thing.  In this case 
>it damaged the input shaft bearing which seized up on him half way to 
>Portland.  The heat caused by the bearing seizing up at freeway speeds damaged 
>the input shaft, other bearings, snap rings, and a synchro ring.  The cause of 
>all this was that the hole in the crank and the pilot bushing were not 
>correctly matched and the shop that rebuilt his engine used their best BFH to 
>make them fit, which deformed the ID of the soft pilot bushing.
>In my friend John's defense this project was his first attempt at anything 
>mechanical and he did a beautiful job restoring his MG TF farming out what he 
>had too and doing/learning the rest.  In this instance, learning the hard way
>
>Rich Ball
>'76 Midget
>Everett Wa
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