Middle Gear

[Marcarl]

There's simply no "simple" way around it ...

There is actually,,,,, but you won't be able to understand that unless you pull the engine 3 times in a row to get it done,,,,,,, it's at that point that the 'first time right' would have been much simpler.

[paysaw]

Thank you for your wisdom Carl.

[frankd]

Well, I don't have a shade tree method for setting the gear lash, but I do have one for replacing the seal. It's been quite a while so pardon me if I don't picture this job in my mind quite correctly. I had a middle gear seal leak that I was tired of, and I didn't want to have to reset the gear lash. I marked the nut and shaft (with punch marks or with a Dremmel tool) so that I could return to the same exact place. Then I carefully counted how many turns it took to get the nut off (I seem to remember 13 1/2 turns), replaced the seal, and then put it all back together and turned the nut 13 turns and then to the mark. It worked great.

 

Frank D.