blade_runner Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 AdC, get the car up on axle stands, get someone to lay underneath the rear of the car and grasp the prop shaft at the rear to stop it from turning, lay under the car in the mid position yourself i.e. under the small prob grasp it and twist it in either direction till it stops, u should hear a clunk from the reverser box, put the car in gear and repeat, now u should have a clunk at the reverser and the gearbox, this will be the noise of the Dog engagement. lay under the rear of the car with car in neutral and rock prop shaft back and forth, then u can see how much 'clunk' or backlash u have in the CW&P. I'd imagine you have far more movement in the reverser box and gearbox dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdC Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 Thanks for the detailed reply Blade_Runner. I'll do that this weekend. I suspect you're right - I spoke with JW today who, like you, indicated there are actually a lot of areas for tolerance stack up / backlash - gearbox, props, reverser and the CWP. He suggested it might well be a case of TADT, but will look at it next month when it's in for an MOT. Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdC Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 Just to close the thread if someone searches for the topic in the future, James Whiting had a look at it and explained that it was, as a few of you have suggested, simply a characteristic of the dog box and that I need to adapt my driving style to cope, essentially caning it more of the time 😬 Thanks all for the help again Edited by - AdC on 16 Apr 2012 11:50:58 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_pank Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Awesome, the response is that you need to give it more beans :) :) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Elizabeth Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 "But the nice man who built it SAID I should be doing this, officer" :) If you do have the prop out at any time, Bailey Morris (or similar) can convert it to a Torque Resilient Tube type, which should take a bit of the sting out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMolloy Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Nova do a replacement cog with 2 degrees between the dogs rather than the standard 4 degrees. Helps a bit with the "clang". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blade_runner Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Worth knowing, Thanks Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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