[Roadsters] Fifth Gear Neutral

[jover4x4 at aol.com]

Gary,


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I think you can buy a splined 5th gear to fix this problem.? This would be a better fix than a keyed gear.? I recently had my?5 speed rebuilt and had a friend weld the gear to the inner ring.? It worked out well.? I would use one of these two fixes rather than engineer a keyed solution.??You may be thinking of a cost effective solution but I don't think you can broach a keyway on a hardened gear.? It would need to be ground.? I think the cost of an exchange welded gear wouldn't cost much more than you trying to get someone to grind the id keyway on your gear!? 


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Just my thoughts.? Good luck.


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John Over










-----Original Message-----

From: Gary and Cindy Ault <aultgc at att.net>

To: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net

Sent: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 4:24 pm

Subject: [Roadsters] Fifth Gear Neutral





Has anyone out there ever had a 5-speed main shaft and fifth gear machined for  a woodruff key?  If feasible, that would certainly eliminate the possibility  of the dreaded "5th gear neutral" condition.    I checked the PMWIKI secion on 311s.org, but found very little about  overhauling a 5-speed.  Did I miss something?    Gary Ault  SPL311-05917/U20  SRL311-00428 Solex  ________________________________________  Support Team.Net  http://www.team.net/donate.html    You are subscribed as jover4x4 at aol.com    Datsun-roadsters mailing list    http://www.team.net/archive    http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/datsun-roadsters