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Originally posted by J. Huber
Glad you got through that Bob. Sounded scary. keep us posted on your shimming.
I went ahead and had a closer look at my situation. Both my bushing and my gears seem to have fairly minimal wear. So I have put them back in. Fortunately, my bushing slid right in. Maybe its because my garage is about 30 degrees (F) right now! It is important that the gear seats correctly for the bushing to go all the way down.
So in my case it was more exploratory than a repair -- but at least I now know more about this. I still have some play -- and may do the shim before long.
Related: is it common for the tach cable "swivel nut" to get chewed up? Mine doesn't seem to thread on very well. It strikes me as very soft metal.
James
63 230SL
Hey Arthur, Joe, James
Thanks for your replies.
Arthur, I intend adding shims on the inside of the new bush and not the old bush that way the amount I measure will be real and I will not need to compensate for the clean up of the surface of the old bronze bush.
Joe, The car started up with no hesitation at all. I decided not to add oil.
James, You are lucky the bush went back easily.
The thread of the tacho cable connector may be a bit out of shape.
I cleaned the threads on my connector because of that. Then I screwed and unscrewed the collar onto it before re-mounting on the top of the Thrust bush.
I have a friend who has a lathe. I thought of using it to push the bronze bush out of the aluminium housing and then inserting the shims and using the reverse process to push the bush back.
Bob Smith (Brisbane,Australia)
RHD,1967 early 250 SL, auto