29-06-2018, 04:33 AM
(29-06-2018, 01:19 AM)Bill Sheehan Wrote: Someone asked earlier as to the reason behind the change in the splines. (As stated above, the early (particularly Pram Hood) gearbox had no missing spline). The official answer from the Factory was that it enabled easier assembly! Maybe on the bench at Longbridge, but otherwise a poor joke? If we never swore before, I'm sure we started when lining up a g/box inside a Ruby. Cheers, Bill in Oz
At least not before April 1929 !
Some clever person obviously thought that the blind spline would help later assembly by ensuring the clutch plate always fitted into the same place in the gearbox input - I can't see the benefit ?
Tony.