05-10-2020, 07:39 AM
Hi WW
The second question was addressed at length recently. Seems not uncommon and often the part escaped balls wedge the synchro cone tightly so the car effectively in two gears and unmoveable. Not convenient far from, or close, to home. On Sevens there is nothing to cause the hub to stay on the markings; it is free to drift away until the cones contact. (Some other makes have the bright spots indented so the hub is captured, but very many are as the Seven) Very worn cones contribute and 1st gear selectors and adj of should not allow 1st to proceed too far rearward. It is imperative you ensure will not happen.
A myriad methods have been devised for assembling hubs, but best done in a plastic bag or under the bedsheets!
The second question was addressed at length recently. Seems not uncommon and often the part escaped balls wedge the synchro cone tightly so the car effectively in two gears and unmoveable. Not convenient far from, or close, to home. On Sevens there is nothing to cause the hub to stay on the markings; it is free to drift away until the cones contact. (Some other makes have the bright spots indented so the hub is captured, but very many are as the Seven) Very worn cones contribute and 1st gear selectors and adj of should not allow 1st to proceed too far rearward. It is imperative you ensure will not happen.
A myriad methods have been devised for assembling hubs, but best done in a plastic bag or under the bedsheets!