Info needed: Help please: transmission problem

[Alastair Thomas]

The rebuild of our F60S progresses slowly but is threatening to come to a halt as a result of our latest problem.
On fitting the gear lever, we found that we could not select any gears.
We removed the shifter shaft housing and inspected it and it seems to work perfectly well on the bench i.e. all gear positions can be selected.
With the shifter shaft housing still removed, we satisfied ourselves that we could select gears by poking around by hand. It is true that the gears must be aligned, using the crank handle, for this to be possible.
Leaving the gears helpfully aligned, we refitted the shifter shaft housing to find that we could select reverse but still no forward gears (even the one we had helpfully aligned). We tried removing the gear lever and operating the selectors using a tyre lever but they would not budge.
This is a shortened version of a long and frustrating day. Has anyone any tips for this problem please.
Alastair
p.s. driving in reverse to Normandy next year promises to be a memorable experience.

[Paul Singleton]

Hi Alistair,
I have had a problem like this many years ago when assembling a transmission from the best bits from several transmissions. I found that the shifter forks bound up against the gears and required additional gaskets under the cover to act as spacers to allow the necessary clearance. My problem I am sure was due to a mismatch of parts. Your problem may be something similar. You could try loosening the bolts and see if it allows the transmission to shift.

[Bob Carriere]

Make sure the cover and forks are in the neutral position before you start lowering the cover....

......make sure the shifting forks line up with the groves in the tranny for both fork.......using a small flashlight and lowering slowly will help.... the shift rings in the tranny MUST line up with the descending forks.

Goodluck.....

[Alastair Thomas]

Thanks guys. I will have a look this week.

Alastair