Ep85 gearbox going for a refurb!!!!!

dac69er

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Wish me luck. It's going for a refurb as it has a rattly noise in neutral when the clutch is released. Suspect input shaft bearing.

Hope it won't be too expensive!!!

Thought I would start a thread to update how things go along the way......
 

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dac69er

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update

gearbox has been stripped.

Grumbly input shaft bearing was found to be the noise I could hear.

The outer race face had failed on one of the diff bearings. This caused some filings in the box :( fortunately this didn't cause any further issues and can simply be changed.

As long as the bearings and seals are reasonably easy to source, we should be good to go shortly.

I will let everyone know when I get a bit further forward.
 

dac69er

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got the box back on friday afternoon.

he showed me the input shaft bearing, it actually had a hairline crack in it!

all new bearings now, so should be putting it back in next weekend :)
 

dac69er

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Will let you all know how I get on. Just need to get a new dowel pin made up then I can stick it back in and test :)
 

dac69er

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All in and tested. Had a leaky driveshaft seal, which was annoying :(
Changed that and took it for a rip today and all seems good.

Going to recheck everything is tight and nothing leaks, but I think I have solved the rattly gearbox issue now :D

It's not the most fun gearbox to take in and out, but it's not anywhere near as hard as I expected it to be.
 
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