twas_brillig
Jedi Knight
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Several years ago, I had a Datsun 210 5 speed rebuilt with the Rivergate kit and installed it in our yellow BE.
A friend borrowed it and had the rear wheels lock-up decelerating at low speed in an intersection. He rocked it backwards and forwards to free it up. He's careful and extremely mechanically knowledgeable and adept. I haven't driven the car since but pulled the engine transmission a couple of weeks back and took the tranny back to the shop. They pulled it apart and advised that everything looked brand new and they could see no sign of any problems.
My buddy sent me this note last year:
" Remember how the bugeye locked up on me a couple times? Well, at a car show on the weekend I met a bugeye guy at the show. Same kit as yours.
Turns out when those datsun transmissions wear, there are internal circlips that thin out and you can end up with the locking up issue.
I can't remember, if you swapped in the other one, but when I mentioned this, he came back with the info.
Nice guy, some kinda senior manager for volvo Canada. used to be leyland and volvos were at the same dealers here in ontario... "
Does anyone have any knowledge or wisdom of this issue? Thanks, Doug
A friend borrowed it and had the rear wheels lock-up decelerating at low speed in an intersection. He rocked it backwards and forwards to free it up. He's careful and extremely mechanically knowledgeable and adept. I haven't driven the car since but pulled the engine transmission a couple of weeks back and took the tranny back to the shop. They pulled it apart and advised that everything looked brand new and they could see no sign of any problems.
My buddy sent me this note last year:
" Remember how the bugeye locked up on me a couple times? Well, at a car show on the weekend I met a bugeye guy at the show. Same kit as yours.
Turns out when those datsun transmissions wear, there are internal circlips that thin out and you can end up with the locking up issue.
I can't remember, if you swapped in the other one, but when I mentioned this, he came back with the info.
Nice guy, some kinda senior manager for volvo Canada. used to be leyland and volvos were at the same dealers here in ontario... "
Does anyone have any knowledge or wisdom of this issue? Thanks, Doug