Really appreciate your videos. I'm in Australia, extremely limited mechanical ability and about to pull the S3 gearbox out of my S2A.
@weekendtotaal
3 жыл бұрын
I'm rebuilding my series 3 transmission right now, your videos help me a lot! keep up the good work! Thanks
@steamwally
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, good luck with the build.
@weekendtotaal
3 жыл бұрын
@@steamwally almost finished my rebuild, I have a problem that I don’t know how to fix. Could you maybe have a suggestion for the following problem? When fitting the selector shafts and putting the top cover and gear lever I tightened the nuts and bolts but after tightening the reverse gear selector shaft is stuck and cannot move anymore. While the other gears are free to move and correctly select gears. When loosening the bolts near the reverse gear the shaft gets lose again. Do you have a suggestion for a solution?
@brianmcmenamin7269
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent presentation as always!
@steamwally
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@lookcreations
2 жыл бұрын
Got mine on the bench awaiting the spanner’s! Slightly apprehensive 😬
@noelchase8973
3 жыл бұрын
Gm why does the reverse gear slip
@grahamlloyd7436
3 жыл бұрын
Loctite the 2nd/3rd gear bush onto the mainshaft. Will never break. Next bloke will just need some heat to remove it.
@steamwally
3 жыл бұрын
I've encountered that modification before but it's quite a bad idea. The reason they they can fail is because there is too small a clearance between gear and bush to tolerate the relatively small amount of lubrication the bush gets, the actual failure usually happening during sustained use of the lower gears (say climbing long hills whilst towing). I have seen a main shaft which had that mod, the bush still seized in the gear and was still broken, however, the Loctite prevented it just doing it's thing and caused a much worse failure which destroyed the mainshaft. In any case, by the time it's trying to seize things will be getting quite hot, the mainshaft is often blued when this has happened, so the mod doesn't achieve much.
@warci
3 жыл бұрын
mine sounds like a jackhammer when going down steep hills in 3rd. any ideas? also: I replaced that large bronze bush and sure enough after about 500km it was broken in half again. I just don't bother anymore, it runs fine
@steamwally
3 жыл бұрын
Does it just make the noise in third? Very likely a layshaft issue. You can at least pop the top off the gearbox and try to pry the layshaft back and forth with a suitable implement, if it's got massive end float then the retaining bolt has probably dropped out. If it's noisy in 1st, 2nd and 3rd then it's almost always layshaft bearings. I'm considering increasing the running clearance about that bronze bush just a little, it looks to me like it all binds up when hot.
@warci
3 жыл бұрын
@@steamwally it's only on overrun, but checking the layshaft is actually a great idea! I just threw in whatever I had lying around in there, but now I saw from your video there are slight variations. Will have to check that, thanks!
@steamwally
3 жыл бұрын
@@warci Helical gears have a tendency to axial motion when taking up drive or going on the overun, I'll bet it's the layshaft bolt - good luck.
@S1monH
3 жыл бұрын
Hey mate, I have a s2a 88” which has had a lot of s3 bits added to it. 11” front and rear drums and Salisbury rear diff etc. my gearbox is 25314374D. I can’t find any info online as to whether it is a late series 2a or series 3 box. Can you help?
@steamwally
3 жыл бұрын
The easiest way to tell is if it's a Series 3 Suffix "D" box, it will be the later ribbed case as seen in the video. If it's 2A, it will be the smooth case with no Leyland logo.
@S1monH
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant thanks for the info. The thing that got me was mine has synchros in first and second but looks to be series 2a housing. Be interesting when I pull it apart. Cheers for the videos
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