I thought It was clutch slip, but I think it actually may be a gearbox, (1st gear) issue?

mdt-son said:

I know this reply is too late, as you have assembled your transmission. Your selector shaft is (was) unsuppoted at one end. Wiggling it may produce the desired effect.


Again, a late comment. Great renovation, but you probably know gears should be replaced in pairs because of the wear pattern.

- Knut

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Hi Knut:

You may be right regarding the selector shaft being part of my problem. It did show some wear and corrosion/rust, so I replaced it. Once I finished with testing and I put everything back together for real, the problem disappeared!

Thank you for your advice regarding gear replacement. It did occur to me, but the main shaft first and second gears were in pretty decent shape, even the bronze bushings were still good. That and they seemed to mesh pretty nicely with the new layshaft first and second gears. The gearbox now shifts smoothly and appears to be pretty quiet, (i.e. no disconcerting noises). I guess time will tell if I made the right call.

Cheers,

James