Toploader trouble

[crazydane]

Hi.

I´m a danish guy totally addicted to American Iron from the 40´s and up.



I have recently overhauled my toploader transmission (big in/output, originally from 1968 torino sj or scj, according to the decoding), new bearings, seals, a fresh paintjob too.

Everything has been checked, cleaned, and put back in the correct order, according to the manual with exploded wiew and the numerous pictures i took while doing it so there is no doubt that everything is correct and in great shape.

When i had assembled everything, (and prelubed everything before doing so, naturally) i checked that it worked, shifted and spinned as it should and it did, to my great satisfaction)

BUT when i tightened the tail housing bolts on to the casing, it started to offer some resistance?? the top axle does not turn as freely as it did without the tail housing, when i loosen the bolts on the tailhousing again it goes back to turning loose ??

It seems like i´t is stuck in the sync rings, they seem to "wedge in", making the turning of the transmission difficult (but in no means impossible).

I tried to put one more gasket on the tailhousing surface and that very thin spacing solved the problem, but that fix seams to be a little too easy in my eyes!!

Is this a question of the sync rings are in need of a good burnout to break in or am i up a certain creek without a certain instrument????

Any ideas would be very appriciated here..................................

Thomas.