Gearbox mounting

Posted by Bob Rees on June 13, 2003 at 00:29:26:

Ihav spent most of the morning trying to get the four bolts in that hold the gearbox of my BMC powered Turner in Has anybody found an easier way to do it.
Once the engine mounting bolts are done up loosly the mounts on the gearbox appear to be about 1/4 inch out of line. My car has not been bent and this could be due to me having fitted a later ribbed gearbox. I put a small jack between the tailshaft tunnel and the back of the gearbox and jack it into line but it means that when everthing is done up both sets of mounting rubbers appear to be slightly out of alignment. Also it is bastard of job to get the four bolt in through the mounting and into the gearbox casing. Has anybody ever tried slotting the yoke so that the two 9/16 bolts just slot in from the top having done the other four bolts up while it is out on the floor. Would this weaken the yoke. I also noticed that the rear of the gearbox (Tailshft) is 15mm off centre although nothing seem to be bent.Any help with this job would be apprecited


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