Warford Packing
Posted: September 8th, 2019, 6:56 pm
I've been working on my Warford and would like some input on the packing.
On the parts list it shows two pieces of packing (#2048) specified for the rear support (#2044).
In an earlier post viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6078&hilit=warford+transmission AAholic posted where he used a flax type packing and Jeff used a large rubber o-ring placed on the outside of the rear support behind the splines. Perhaps I'm off base but it seems to me that perhaps the packing could have instead been meant to be placed inside the rear support and packed around the main drive gear shaft (#2033).
There are spiral grooves milled inside the rear support where I think the packing could go. Would the spiral grooves aid in holding the packing in place?
Or maybe one piece went on the outside and one went on the inside.?
If no packing is used inside the rear support around the shaft I would think it would leak quite a bit.
Also AAholic put a modern seal into the main gear housing cup (#2042) on the input side of the transmission a little over a year ago. How is that working for you? Do you have any of the the flax packing left over?
On the parts list it shows two pieces of packing (#2048) specified for the rear support (#2044).
In an earlier post viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6078&hilit=warford+transmission AAholic posted where he used a flax type packing and Jeff used a large rubber o-ring placed on the outside of the rear support behind the splines. Perhaps I'm off base but it seems to me that perhaps the packing could have instead been meant to be placed inside the rear support and packed around the main drive gear shaft (#2033).
There are spiral grooves milled inside the rear support where I think the packing could go. Would the spiral grooves aid in holding the packing in place?
Or maybe one piece went on the outside and one went on the inside.?
If no packing is used inside the rear support around the shaft I would think it would leak quite a bit.
Also AAholic put a modern seal into the main gear housing cup (#2042) on the input side of the transmission a little over a year ago. How is that working for you? Do you have any of the the flax packing left over?
