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M46 rear support alignment 200

posted by  Cliff Pope on  Mon Apr 25 18:31 CST 2005
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Does anybody know whether an M46 gearbox is supposed to sit in the middle of the transmission tunnel, or like mine, be offset 1/2" towards the right?
When I relaced the original M47 some years ago with an M46, I used the old support crossmember (just bolting it into the alternative set of holes).
The side od the box occasionally rubs on the transmission tunnel, when starting with a lot of torque, or on rough ground.
It is a new rubber mount, and I cannot see any other position for it to mount in.
I read recently the the M46 uses thicker spacers on the cross member, so I tried adding some washers. It is much better, but still I am puzzled that the box is not exactly in the middle of the tunnel.
Anyone have any observations on this? Is there a special M46 cross member?








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    M46 rear support alignment 200

    posted by  Erling on  Mon Apr 25 22:58 CST 2005
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    Cliff,
    Does the cross member look absolutely straight? This is a part of the car that will take a beating if driven on rough roads (/off road). I just noticed on the 245 I bought for my son that the cross member was bent slightly upwards, obviously a result of careless driving on a rough road by the previous owner (or a car thief, I have also found pieces of glass inside the driver's side door). Oh well, the slightly raised gearbox makes for better access to the crank position sensor.

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      M46 rear support alignment 200

      posted by  Cliff Pope on  Tue Apr 26 05:14 CST 2005
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      Erling, thanks, but yes, it seems absolutely undamaged. The odd thing I notice is not that it sits too high, but that the gearbox mounting point is offset from the centreline of the car.






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