I rebuilt the TR4 transmission that is in my TR3 about 3 years ago when I first got the car. Now I'm adding overdrive and decided to replace all the bearings. When I pulled the countershaft and looked at the caged roller bearings, I noticed I had put in the KOYO (Torrington) B1314 from Moss. I ordered new ones from BPNW under their p/n 126862 and I noticed that they are Timken (Torrington) B1316's. I then Googled the specs for each of those and I see that the B-1314's are 7/8 inch width (actually depth) and the B-1316's are 1 inch in width (depth). I did not want to pull out the existing B-1314's yet, so I could not measure the actual depth of the holes in the ends of the countershaft gears. My question is, will the 1 inch B1316 bearings work or should I reorder some of the B1314's?
The reason I have a concern is that in searching the forum I noticed one thread where one person had the experience where the end of the bearing had been grinding into the thrust washer and had ground off the end of the bearing. Therefore, I do not want to use a bearing that will not go down into the hole far enough. p.s. I don't think my gears have a slot for a circlip to hold the bearing in, i.e. I can't feel a circlip slot.
Thanks for the help!
Regards, Bob
The reason I have a concern is that in searching the forum I noticed one thread where one person had the experience where the end of the bearing had been grinding into the thrust washer and had ground off the end of the bearing. Therefore, I do not want to use a bearing that will not go down into the hole far enough. p.s. I don't think my gears have a slot for a circlip to hold the bearing in, i.e. I can't feel a circlip slot.
Thanks for the help!
Regards, Bob