What gearbox are you running??
What oil in the gearbox?? (NEVER use synthetic, always use a good quality mineral oil)
Sam C
hard shift into 1&2
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Joseph
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hard shift into 1&2
Pancake,
If all the external linkage is OK then its
in the trans, but its not as bad as you may
think. The inside of a transaxle is not
charged with explosives.
The majority of shifting problems in a late
('68-'79) bus tranny is due to the poorly
designed shifting mechanism. That area can
be reached by removing the nose cone. The
two most likely culprits are the pin bracket
and the pivot bearing on the inside end of
the hockey stick.
The bracket is a "C" shaped and mounted with
two bolts vertically (one of the ends cracks
or breaks off). The pivot bearing should be
replaced. The replacement bearing is plastic.
Get a new gasket and some sealer to finish
the job. If you are new to this task, remove
the nose cone and hand draw how the hockey
stick is attached to the shuttle, how the
shuttle is attached to the pin and how the
pin is positioned on the "C" bracket. This is
not rocket science.
If the bracket and pivot bearing are OK, then
its trade in time.
Joe
Oregon Performance Products http://www.spiretech.com/~opshroud
If all the external linkage is OK then its
in the trans, but its not as bad as you may
think. The inside of a transaxle is not
charged with explosives.
The majority of shifting problems in a late
('68-'79) bus tranny is due to the poorly
designed shifting mechanism. That area can
be reached by removing the nose cone. The
two most likely culprits are the pin bracket
and the pivot bearing on the inside end of
the hockey stick.
The bracket is a "C" shaped and mounted with
two bolts vertically (one of the ends cracks
or breaks off). The pivot bearing should be
replaced. The replacement bearing is plastic.
Get a new gasket and some sealer to finish
the job. If you are new to this task, remove
the nose cone and hand draw how the hockey
stick is attached to the shuttle, how the
shuttle is attached to the pin and how the
pin is positioned on the "C" bracket. This is
not rocket science.
If the bracket and pivot bearing are OK, then
its trade in time.
Joe
Oregon Performance Products http://www.spiretech.com/~opshroud