10-01-2019, 05:38 AM
(09-01-2019, 10:05 PM)jansens Wrote:(09-01-2019, 08:17 PM)Terrytuned Wrote: Simon if the rear cover bolt is too long, the one behind the reverse gear it will stop the reverse gear from going back this bolt is shorter than the other rear cover bolts.
Terry.
Ah, thank you Terry! That may indeed be what's wrong. I am at work now so can't check but when I reassembled it all I did notice the bolts being different lengths. I just put it down to mismatched bolts used over the years.
Will check as soon as I get home and report back.
Simon
Terry, I owe you a pint! That was it. An overly long bolt in the lower left corner of the gearbox rear cover. When I took it out you could see where it had been rubbing in the end of the bolt even. I swapped it with a shorter bolt and problem fixed. Since the top was off I also squirted some oil about (I haven't got the proper oil to fill it yet - I wanted Penrite gearbox oil but Repco said they don't have it in stock and since it comes in boxes of 6 they don't want to get it in to just sell me 1!) and that has also helped with selecting 1/2nd. It needs a good thump but I think that is down to the new balls/springs.