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the wear in the clutch may be taken up by installing another pair of clutch discs,
rather than by turning the adjusting screws in too far.
CAUTION: Let us warn you against placing any small tools or objects over or in
the transmission case without a good wire or cord attached to them. Otherwise
if they are dropped into the transmission case it is almost impossible to recover
them without taking off the transmission cover.
How are the
Bands adjusted? Answer No. 74
The slow speed band may be tightened by loosening the lock nut at the right
side of the transmission cover, and turning the adjusting screw (see Cut No.
12) to the right. To tighten the brake and reverse bands remove the transmission
cover door and turn the adjusting nuts on the shafts to the right. See that
the bands do not drag on the drums when disengaged, as they exert a brake effect,
and tend to overheat the motor. However, the foot brake should be adjusted
so that a sudden pressure will stop the car immediately, or slide the rear
wheels in case of emergency. The bands, when worn to such an extent that they
will not take hold properly, should be relined, so that they will engage smoothly
without causing a jerky movement of the car. The lining is inexpensive and
may be had at any Ford service station at small cost.
How are the
Bands removed? Answer No. 75
Remove the starting motor (see Answer No. 132). Take off the door on top of
transmission cover. Turn the reverse adjustment nut and the brake adjustment
nut to the extreme end of the pedal shafts, then remove the slow speed adjusting
screw. Remove the bolts holding the transmission cover to crank case and lift
off the cover assembly. Slip the band nearest the flywheel over the first of
the triple gears, then turn the band around so that the opening is downward.
The band can now be removed by lifting upward. The operation is more easily
accomplished if the three sets of triple gears are so placed that one set is
about ten degrees to the right of center at top. Each band is removed by the
same operation. It is necessary to shove each band forward on to the triple
gears as at this point only is there sufficient clearance in the crank case
to allow the ears of the transmission bands to be turned downward. By reversing
this operation the bands may be installed. After being placed in their upright
position on the drums pass a cord around the ears of the three bands, holding
them in the center so that when putting the transmission cover in place no
trouble will be experienced in getting the pedal shafts to rest in the notches
in the band ears. The clutch release ring must be placed in the rear groove
of the clutch shift. With the cover in place remove the cord which held the
bands in place while the cover was being installed.
How is the Transmission
assembled? Answer No. 76
Cut No. 13 shows the transmission parts in their relative assembling positions
and grouped in their different operations of assembling.
The first operation is the assembling of group No. 2, which is as follows:
Place the brake drum on table with the hub in a vertical position, place the
slow speed plate over the hub with gear uppermost. Then place reverse plate
over the slow speed plate so that the reverse gear surrounds the slow speed
gear. Fit the two keys in the hub just above the slow speed gear. Put the driven
gear in position with the teeth downward so that they will come next to the
slow speed gear. Take the three triple gears and mesh them with the driven
gear according to the punch marks on the teeth, the reverse gear or smallest
of the triple gear assembly being