At 2:08 PM -0500 8/1/98, Harmon Seaver wrote:
>I just pulled the engine on my '73 westy -- somehow the tranny main
>shaft pulled out with it. Not all the way, of course, but it now comes
>out about 6-8 inches from where it should be, and no longer connects to
>anything inside. I'm assuming it's trashed, but just in case -- is there
>a quick cure?

No Problem. Just push it back in, rotate it a bit to make the splines line up.

This is a common problem, the threads that hold the input shaft in are
stripped. I've run a few trannys like that for years.

I f you want to do it right, you can pull the bellhousing and fix it. It's
a few hours of work with no special tools required beyond a set of circlip
pliers.

HTH
 -Otmar-
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