[Healeys] overdrive does not work

[Norman Nock]

PLEASE EXPLAIN , WHAT YOU MEAN  8 times ??? 
   did you get this info from a book ???

THE uni-drive does not work backwards , it goes BANG 

 we had a overdrive that did not work ,somebody had
cut off the annulus from the shaft and welded it to
the gearbox mainshaft .. 
see page 162 in my Tech Talk book    Norman Nock



--- John Harper <ah at jharper.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Earl
 

> What happens, in reverse, when the main cone clutch
> is not engaged is 
> that the 'inners' rotate at about 8 times the normal
> speed depending on 
> the O/D ratio. The one way clutch cannot help
> because this only works in 
> the forward direction. The various gears will not
> stand running so fast 
> for long and will 'burst'.
> 
> Regards
> >
> >
> >Ken: