Lynx AE ‘s reverse uses a sprocket bolted to the gearbox output shaft to drive the car in reverse. The sprocket also doubles as the nut. Obviously there is a slight issue with tightening up the sprocket as you cant use a socket! However this has been thought through, and, as you can see below the sprocket has holes in it to use to get purchase.
Archive for September 17th, 2008
Reverse Sprocket Tool
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Diff Mounts
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008As I have previously said I am going to experiment with a different diff. Of course the diff has a different offset to the other one, and so I was forced to realign it somewhat! So that I can use the original diff I did not want to cannibalise the original diff plates. This meant a bit of a rethink, but I think I now have a pretty nice solution to the problem. I have decided to hard mount the diff to the engine cradle, this removing a link in the train from diff to engine to aid alignment, and should mean that the diff wont move when power is applied and then removed, BUT does mean it has to be aligned correctly.
The first thing then was to draw up some plates. These should get the diff in the same place as the original, and so everything else should fit.
