LT77 front oil seal advice please!

[TR Tony]

I suspect a leak from the front seal of the 5 speed box in my TR8. It's got quite bad so I need to sort it.

Apart from the obvious matter of removing the box (this will be done with the help of a garage with a lift etc), are there any things to watch out for when changing the seal? I am assuming I need to remove the front cover to get at the seal. I will be changing the clutch while the box is out, and probably the pivot arm.

Any advice from those who have tacked this before is very welcome [:)]

Tony

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[john 215]

Hi Tony,

Easy enough job once box out, un-bolt the front cover, be careful as there are a couple of shims for adjusting the bearings, I have seen a couple of boxes where these have broken up but that is unusal and not the norm,the seal lives inside this housing, dont forget to order a gasket for the front cover.

I would also change the oil and check things like gearchange housing bushes etc.

Cheers John


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[Beans]

As tolerances or pretty tight on the bearings prepare for fitting a new shim to get the correct tension/play on the front bearings ...




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[Workshop Help]

About that little pre-load issue on the shims. Please bear in mind that wear over the miles can result in a looseness with the shims. This wear comes from the bearings and races melding into themselves. As such, a resetting of the shim pack may be necessary. I set mine up a tad on the tight side and put up with the noise as it wore in. After some 20,000 miles now, the box is quiet and very smooth in shifting and in operation.

Had I been a typical unaware driver, the noise would have been unacceptable. This is why shops set the shim distance a bit on the loose side to prevent customer complaints with the result being the gearbox does not last as long as it could.

Mildred Hargis

[DNK]

Somebody splain that tool to a lay man

Don
Stick a Wedge In It
80 TR7 V8 Kick in the pants

[FI Spyder]

It is a dial gauge to measure the in/out play in the input shaft (adjusted by talked about shims). The base of the arm is magnetic so it attaches to metal surface. The magnetic base is turned on and off (deactivated) by knob on the base for easy removal.

They are not particularly expensive and really handy for a plethora of jobs.



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[DNK]

So do you lift up on the input shaft to see play?

Don
Stick a Wedge In It
80 TR7 V8 Kick in the pants

[Hasbeen]

Beans I love your workshop, & the quality of your tools.

You would hate mine.

Hasbeen

[Beans]

I borrowed the dial gauge from a friend and "that" workshop is the (rear)cellar,
which was the only place in the house which I could secure so that no one would stumble over,
or interfere with the 'box parts lying around for the time it took me to get the 'box back together again.

Especially sourcing the correct shims was a bit of a pain,
as a result that part of the cellar was forbidden territory for a couple of weeks [}:)]

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[TR Tony]

Thank you everyone, all tips gratefully received. I'll let you know how it goes ......

Tony

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