R11 overdrive sun gear

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Does anyone have a new or good used sun gear for an R11 overdrive as used behind a Warner T85 they'll sell?  Mine shattered.  Thanks, John.

[hiball3985]

Thats a hard one to find. I have a new one for the R10 and sun gear I bought as a back up for my truck but have never seen one for a R11 and would like to have one for my T85 also. Have you checked with these people, they seem to be getting more parts for early trans..
http://www.standardtransmission.com/T_T_parts.html

Also

http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/trans-partsprices-BW-ODparts.htm

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Found one!  A Packard vendor near Indy has one, it's on its way.   John

[hiball3985]

Glad you found one. I was always wondering if they made any design changes over the years but everything I have seen they all appear to be the same. Years ago I picked up a BW OD manual for the R10 and it called for 30W oil in the OD unit but I've always used a 85-90 gear oil and hope it doesn't cause problems..

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Jim:

I've been using 85-90 oil in my overdrives for over 50 years without any lube problems.  My own mistake caused the broken sun gear, not lube.

John