Gearbox guts: AMC shift forks?
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 9:54 pm
So, I have a little gearbox problem, and now I have questions.
1958 18CS, AMC gearbox. I pulled it apart to change the gearbox shell, and I found more problems. I need to change a shifter fork that is trying to crack in two.
Questions:
-my part number is 040119 for both shift forks. All online references seem to say 040022. Is this latter part number compatible with my bits?
-I also have a brass sleeve on one gear that looks...nibbled. Most of the bushing is intact, but the edge is chipped away. Is this unimportant, serious, or "well, since you're in the gearbox anyway, might as well change it..."?
Photo of the shift fork: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B16 ... 5B1C28580D
Photo of the nibbled bushing: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B16 ... E8472C57EB
1958 18CS, AMC gearbox. I pulled it apart to change the gearbox shell, and I found more problems. I need to change a shifter fork that is trying to crack in two.
Questions:
-my part number is 040119 for both shift forks. All online references seem to say 040022. Is this latter part number compatible with my bits?
-I also have a brass sleeve on one gear that looks...nibbled. Most of the bushing is intact, but the edge is chipped away. Is this unimportant, serious, or "well, since you're in the gearbox anyway, might as well change it..."?
Photo of the shift fork: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B16 ... 5B1C28580D
Photo of the nibbled bushing: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B16 ... E8472C57EB