A friend of mine (honest!) has an early 50's ES2 with a laydown g/box. When selecting 4th gear the procedure is:
Pull in clutch; depress gear lever; hold gear lever down; release clutch and it then snicks into gear.
Any clues as the the reason for this?
George
I'd suggest....
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Ah - that's the "return…
Ah - that's the "return spring for pawl carrier" according to the book. Thanks Ian. I'll pass that on.
Cheers
George
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G/box resistance
I wondered if it could be resistance in the g/box causing the main-shaft to stop spinning with the clutch pulled in such that the 3rd gear sliding pinion stopped rotating (splined to the m/shaft) so would not mesh with the sleeve gear pinion (rotating with the final drive sprocket) until release of the clutch spun the m/shaft and the 3rd gear pinion up to the speed of the sleeve gear pinion.
If you follow what I mean!
A diagram helps!
George
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... the centralising spring (can't remember its proper name) isn't centralising the pawl carrier. In the neutral position this should be centralised. Th srping can be "set" (ie bent) to achieve this.