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After reading up on doing the gearbox rebuild and watching Mick Hemmings video, i started the rebuild. 


Sleeve Gear


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So far so good  :)


Layshaft in with 3rd and 4th and Mainshaft in with 2nd & 3rd


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Still going good


2nd Lay


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Ok, this is fairly easy, just like in Mick Hemmings video :)


Then i started running into problems.  1st gear was a tight fit on the mainshaft.  I thought i dry fitted it earlier and it went on no problem.  Don't know why it wouldn't go on easily now.  Anywho, since it doesn't float on the shaft like the other gears, i pounded it on.  Was that a mistake?


1st gear pair


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And things didn't get any easier from here.  I had checked the camplate timing by referencing the cam quadrant against the inner cover quadrant window.  I set the timing for the same gap at the bottom (1st gear) and top of the window (4th gear).  But with all the gears in, it wouldn't go into 4th.  So rinse and repeat.  Pulled everything out and tried again.  Still no luck.  Damn :mad:. Figured the timing's off, so pulled everything out and adjusted the camplate. I was able to get to 4th, but when i put the inner cover on, it was hitting the top of the window. Damn :mad:.  After pulling the gears a couple more times and resetting the timing (and by that time i was getting good at taking the gears out and reinstalling, which wasn't super easy with half the gears firmly attached to both the lay and main shafts), i realized to get both 1st and 4th, the quadrant didn't line up equally on the top and bottom of the inner cover window.  There was more of a gap at the bottom than at the top.  I should have checked this before pulling the camplate to begin with.


Finally, i think i've got it right, but i am noticing some resistance going to 3rd unless i rotate the mainshaft.  Is that normal?


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