From: D.K. Pitts
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 16:56:28 GMT
Subject: [imps] Transaxle breather
Hello All!
I'm aware that later transaxles had a breather. Is it worthwhile to fabricate one for the earlier transaxles?
Non-competition use, of course!
Opinions? Experiences?
Darryl
From: Nickcleak@aol.com
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 17:40:18 EST
Subject: [imps] Re: Transaxle breather
Yes indeed !
A friend had a clan with a transaxle with no breather , it blew out the input shaft seal after the first 30 miles of getting it on the road due to pressure build up .
We fitted a tube in the top of the casing but it insisted on blowing oil out of the tube , we repositioned the tube to a 'quiet' area of the transaxle with no oil throw , still the oil blew out , we had to abandon the idea and use a later transaxle with breather ..
It's not easy to fit a breather to an old box , you have to drill the end of the input shaft to a depth of an inch or so then radialy drill ... to connect the drilling to the outside of the shaft , the thin breather tube then fits down into this hole . It stops the oil getting thrown out and seems the only way to do it ..
nick ...
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 20:13:32 +1000
From: Mike & Tich Marsh
Subject: [imps] Re: Transaxle breather
>to a depth of an inch or so then radialy drill ... to connect the drilling to
>the outside of the shaft , the thin breather tube then fits down into this
>hole .
Sorry, Nick, you'll have to draw that one for us....
:)
Mike
From: Nickcleak@aol.com
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 11:30:33 EST
Subject: [imps] Re: Transaxle breather
There's a task ! I fear the shaft is rather hard to drill ..
Nick ...