yorkshire_spam Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 The bit that should be "inside" here - Is missing on BOTH my gearboxes - the one I got with an OD didn't have it, so I thought "oh well I'll use the one from the existing box". So this evening I examine the box I've just removed and there isn't one there either!So what happens to 129410 ? Do they evaporate or something? Is there a reason why neither of my 'boxes have it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Yeah, they do that. The clip looses it grip and gravity claims them. My preferred solution was to use a long unthreaded bolt shank (5/16" ?? it's been a while!) as the head prevents gravity pinching them!Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshire_spam Posted March 14, 2013 Author Share Posted March 14, 2013 Well, two possibilities - The retaining pins used in Land Rover brake pads - a little loose on the sleeve in the release arm, but the shoulder on the end of the pin stops it dropping all the way through.Second option, found an old bolt with a really long shank, just the right diameter for the sleeve in the arm So I recon the bolt is the preferred option - with the threaded part cut off it should be about the right length.Thanks for the reassurance Nick, was beginning to wonder why 0% of the gearboxes I'd encountered had them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davemate Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Use an old valve !Just grind a flat edge so it sits low down Not the best of pics but you can just make out the valve head at the top and the stem poking out the bottom.After telling Dale from moordale motors he said "I've been doing that for years" so it must be ok ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JensH Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Front outrigger bolt - can be handy when needed roadside 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cook1e Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 I thought I had invented my own bodge when I used a long bolt with the threads cut off about 20 years ago! Obviously a common solution to a common problem after all :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP72 Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Another vote for a long unthreaded bolt - my Spitfire has been sporting one for the last ten or twelve years! 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Canleys sell them with the crinkle washer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 ............another....use an old, cut off, valve push rod. grind the cup to a `bobble` and it drops in , with the right length, then able to push back out again,when required Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drofgum Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Hi,Here in the States the replacement pin I most recently bought came with a head. Obviously my supplier has had complaints, and found a source for a pin that won't disappear.I find that the crinkly "tolerance ring" is always broken into bits when I am replacing these parts. I have sleeved the hole in a release arm with stainless steel reamed to size. That will be the one installed when the alloy bellhousing goes in. All the best, Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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