Bill Rice wrote:
>The first time I tightened it I used a breaker bar
>and Jim's special tool
>
I had a loose mainshaft nut and it caused all kinds of problems -
transmission kept popping out of gear etc. Apparently it allowed
the output gear to slide back and forth. This popped the tranny
out of gear when changing throttle from power to coast. Finally
one day I lost all power. The tranny mainshaft output gear had
slid right off and down into the tcase pan. Fortunately it
didn't get caught in the revolving tcase gears or crunch!
So what did I do? I put it back on and wrenched down on that
nut. Three weeks later that damn output gear was back in the
tcase pan. Two in the morning at the south end of Horsetooth
reservoir. Pitch black night. Fortunately I already knew the
drill. Covered in gear oil and dirt, with the aid of a
flashlight loaned by one of Fort Collins finest, I managed to
get things put back together and limp home. You can bet I
loaded on the locktite after that. No problems since.
Tim Czajka
1972 Series III 88
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