Re: GearRat's '52
Posted by Ozstatman On 2012/11/27 1:56:47
Garrett,
Some thoughts.
The noise occurs at 2:19 - From what I can hear of it, it probably is a chipped or broken gear tooth. My only other experience of that type was riding in a '19 Twin Six which had a broken tooth and it sounded much the same.
What makes it so difficult is the shift linkage seems to bind. When I took it through the gears on the cement slab it was fine - On the slab and stationary there would be little stress on the linkage from engine torque and none from the road through the diff. Maybe that's why it worked in that environment?
When I let my Mom and brother try, you couldn't get it into a gear. The column shift lever would jam, what could be causing that? If jamming, it's probably trying to engage two gears at once like in my '41. Mine is because all the pivots and pivot points are seriously worn. These will be addressed but until then I shift with extreme care and very slowly. There's a procedure in my manual for adjusting the linkages and following that can improve things but not cure it, so it's probably similar for yours. And, there is no synchromesh on first gear. If your Packard is moving, to downshift to first silently you need to double clutch, but that takes some practice to master.
My
for what it's worth:
Some thoughts.
The noise occurs at 2:19 - From what I can hear of it, it probably is a chipped or broken gear tooth. My only other experience of that type was riding in a '19 Twin Six which had a broken tooth and it sounded much the same.
What makes it so difficult is the shift linkage seems to bind. When I took it through the gears on the cement slab it was fine - On the slab and stationary there would be little stress on the linkage from engine torque and none from the road through the diff. Maybe that's why it worked in that environment?
When I let my Mom and brother try, you couldn't get it into a gear. The column shift lever would jam, what could be causing that? If jamming, it's probably trying to engage two gears at once like in my '41. Mine is because all the pivots and pivot points are seriously worn. These will be addressed but until then I shift with extreme care and very slowly. There's a procedure in my manual for adjusting the linkages and following that can improve things but not cure it, so it's probably similar for yours. And, there is no synchromesh on first gear. If your Packard is moving, to downshift to first silently you need to double clutch, but that takes some practice to master.
My
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