LT76 Layshaft - I'm confused

rob1miles said:

This rings a bell, at least one of the sources of info is wrong. I put the two shafts with the gears on vertically on a work bench (with a hole for the shaft) and made sure all the gears lined up and meshed and went through each gear. Found several errors.

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Monty79SWB said:

Hello and a little advice if possible (again) please. Just doing a rebuild on my LT76 prefix A box.
New bearings in the bell housing and now checking for any endfloat in the layshaft.
Using the existing layshaft with new primary pinion and constant gear.

Firstly
I need to confirm which way around the constant gear goes, the Land Rover parts manual
seems to clearly show the protruding part of the gear facing the front of the vehicle whilst the repair manual seem to show it facing backwards (Haynes is unclear but seems to show both).
I'm thinking that the protruding part should face the rear of the shaft is this correct?

Secondly.
With any distance piece and the gear on the layshaft the shaft does not protrude all the way through the bearing in the bellhousing , is this correct?

Many thanks in advance.

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jamesmartin said:

the protruding part faces into the box the spacer sits with the taper facing the bearing then gear sits on that,you fit bellhousing with the gear held there ,layshaft shouldnt protrude completely through the bearing other wise shaft wouldnt be held tight in the bearing,theres no endfloat in the layshaft once the bolt is tight the thickness of which there are 3 is to ensure layshaft seats in rear bearing ok,the bolt benefits from some loctite, you can see how the rear bearing is seated by looking through the 2 holes that are for removing the bearing race

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