old tranny with new stuff
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old tranny with new stuff
Wondering if I can update my 59 transmission with the lose main drive bearing to the caged bearing.I don't have any of the new stuff to measure but I have to put a new race in.
Re: old tranny with new stuff
The 1977 bearing modification was not an improvement, but a cost analysis decision.
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Re: old tranny with new stuff
I usually bore the case bigger to install the OLD STYLE MDG race on L'77 & up cases (with the old style gear). The loose rollers can handle more stress than the caged Torrington bearing and be set to closer clearances.