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Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 [message #164638 is a reply to message #164431] Thu, 29 March 2012 18:12 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Ken Henderson is currently offline  Ken Henderson   United States
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Johnny,

I understand. I suspect that I'll give up and replace the transmission
before I get that far into an autopsy. Especially since, as I just wrote
to Richard, both the transmission and the engine seem to have had
successful marriages before I hitched them up.

The chain side doesn't seem to me a very likely prospect for causing this
problem -- its sprockets, bearing supports, and bearings pretty well
isolate it from receiving or issuing any damage. However, the input
splined shaft(s) are a different matter. Manny's warned me that he always
chucks them in a lathe to check them for straightness and suggested I do
the same because he DOES find some of them bent. They're also subject to
wear which could cause TC binding.

Back to work tomorrow, probably.

Ken H.

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Johnny Bridges wrote:

> The intent is to ensure that the surface which bolts up to both the
> transmission and the engine block is flat - i.e. not warped in such a way
> that the two are being held at an angle. If the trans nput shaft and the
> crankshaft centerline aren't precisely parallel, will not this put a bit of
> an end load on one or both due to a flex in the drive chain? I expect the
> drive system is designed to tolerate substantial side loads on the
> sprockets, but there's not likely to be a lot of provision for end loading,
> since in normal operation there hadn't ought to be any.
> It's a very unlikely scenario admittedly... but you're down to the
> 'unlikelies' at this point, are you not? Easy to check at any rate.
>
>
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