[Healeys] trans problem

[PG]

Martin makes a good point.

I had a similar problem with my pilot bearing only the cause was a bit
different.

To ensure that the input shaft lines up perfectly with the pilot bearing,
there are a couple of different size bolts that are machined perfectly and
only fit in very specific bolt holes... I did not know this and had changed
these bolts out.   As a result the alignment was not perfect and the input
shaft was dragging on the pilot bearing.

Therefore, even when I depressed the clutch, there was enough drag on the
pilot to keep the input shaft turning and the gears grinding. 

I pulled the transmission, used the correct alignment bolts and everthing
was fine thereafter.

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Martin Jansen
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 4:04 PM
To: Healeys at autox.team.net; Ralph Cap
Subject: Re: [Healeys] trans problem

Ralph, we had a customer a few years back who changed the clutch and in the
process he decided to clean the main shaft of the transmission and the pilot
bearing in the back of the crank shaft. As a result of this the shaft seized
in the pilot bearing because the bearing went dry. I understand this is an
oil
bushing but they can dry out.  If you did this and did not regrease the
pilot
bushing and main shaft, the main shaft may have seized.

Happy Healeying,   Marty  www.jule-enterprises.com

--- On Thu, 5/19/11, Ralph Cap <rjcapo1 at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Ralph Cap <rjcapo1 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Healeys] trans problem
To: Healeys at autox.team.net
Received: Thursday, May 19, 2011, 2:26 PM

just changed the clutch disk and now can't get the car to go in gear at all
what to do
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