HealeyBN7
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Need some help reaching Pete. Tried calling and sending emails, but I can't seem to make contact.
Here is the problem:
I have an older Smitty kit that I have been using for almost 10 years. I have consumed one W58 transmission, several clutch disks and two pilot bushing in the process. This is with all light driving of maybe 500 miles a year.
At first I thought it was just poor luck with the used transmission as it ate the input to main shaft bearing. With the transmission freshly rebuilt, it worked for several years then I broke a clutch disk. OK, more bad luck. Replaced the disk and machined a new pilot bearing and in less then two years the pilot bearing was worn and the center of the clutch disk had fractured.
We traced the problem to a misalignment of the bell housing to the back plate. The bell housing holes are not properly indexed to the center of the input shaft.
I would like to reach Pete to confirm the issue, share the measurements and pick up a replacement (if it is in fact a better fitment).
Tried calling and emailing, but I have yet to receive a return email or phone call. Now his phone appears to xfer to a fax machine, so I can no longer leave a message. I am willing to pay for a new bell housing, I just want to get my car back on the road.
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks and sorry for the rant,
Dean (60 BN7 - originally a non-overdrive car)
Here is the problem:
I have an older Smitty kit that I have been using for almost 10 years. I have consumed one W58 transmission, several clutch disks and two pilot bushing in the process. This is with all light driving of maybe 500 miles a year.
At first I thought it was just poor luck with the used transmission as it ate the input to main shaft bearing. With the transmission freshly rebuilt, it worked for several years then I broke a clutch disk. OK, more bad luck. Replaced the disk and machined a new pilot bearing and in less then two years the pilot bearing was worn and the center of the clutch disk had fractured.
We traced the problem to a misalignment of the bell housing to the back plate. The bell housing holes are not properly indexed to the center of the input shaft.
I would like to reach Pete to confirm the issue, share the measurements and pick up a replacement (if it is in fact a better fitment).
Tried calling and emailing, but I have yet to receive a return email or phone call. Now his phone appears to xfer to a fax machine, so I can no longer leave a message. I am willing to pay for a new bell housing, I just want to get my car back on the road.
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks and sorry for the rant,
Dean (60 BN7 - originally a non-overdrive car)