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01-26-2016, 05:21 PM | #1 |
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Early transmission cluster gear damaged tooth
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01-26-2016, 05:55 PM | #2 |
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Re: Early transmission cluster gear damaged tooth
I'd run that! DD
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01-26-2016, 06:06 PM | #3 |
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Re: Early transmission cluster gear damaged tooth
You should be able to file this damage smooth, removing any jaged edge and run it.
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01-26-2016, 06:40 PM | #4 |
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Early V8 Fords probably went millions of miles with worse looking first gears without problems. Butttt: I would not likely use that gear unless I had passable gears, bearings and synchros that were needed to get low buck car back on the road. Sell it? Not worth the effort. Give it to someone. Good Luck: Fred A
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01-26-2016, 07:01 PM | #5 |
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I think I would contact Mac Van Pelt with your question and a picture of that cluster gear. Send him a pm or an email on this and ask him to please comment on the condition of that one gear tooth on your cluster gear. Ask him for his opinion on whether or not he would use that gear again.
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01-26-2016, 07:03 PM | #6 |
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"That's a pretty nasty chip. Fair chance that little bit at the end will crack off fairly easily. The little piece might fall safely into the bottom of the gearbox. But then you're left with 2/3 of a gear tooth. If that's the tooth that comes around at the moment you decide (or need) to hit the gas hard, there's a good chance that tooth will depart the mother ship. If that happens,the slider gear will slam into the next tooth......he'll want to join his brother in the goo at the bottom. Then you get to limp home .......ka-klick!.......ka-klick......and so on. You could dress the tooth to remove the chip, and it might be fine as long as you a gentle driver." |
01-26-2016, 08:31 PM | #7 |
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This may not sound good to some but, I had a couple of trans years ago with chipped gears, I had a friend that was a welder in a ship yard that welded up those gears and i ground them smooth, there still working. Walt
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01-26-2016, 09:39 PM | #8 |
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Funny you mentioned that Walt. I have one now that I am contemplating on doing just this very thing.
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01-27-2016, 06:39 AM | #9 |
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I wouldn't be afraid to weld the teeth either.
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01-27-2016, 06:40 AM | #10 |
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40 years ago, we were welding gears in the dump trucks at the stone quarry and they were lasting as long as the factory gears that had not been welded. These gears had part of the teeth missing, not just chipped. We would weld them and use a small grinder to shape them. Make a card board pattern to check the shape and heat the gears to *400 before welding, and try not to get it over *450 when welding.
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01-29-2016, 08:03 PM | #11 |
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Picked up a transmission in absolutely mint condition with no wear on any of the teeth. Came with the right 3 " fork so now I have a spare I only need to swap the output shaft so I can retain my closed driveshaft.
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