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[george91]

Ha no i can't afford a new one, getting a second hand one but it will be either in good working order or rebuilt depends whats available at the time. And that doesn't sound like to much hard work, sure i'll get used to it.

Edited by george91, 15 September 2010 - 11:26 PM.

[mini93]

should be good, url get addicted to the noise anyway even if it is sometimes a pain to drive you get used to the blipping too, as I said last night when my clutch went i could still drive home because my dogbox...after a few grinds initialy i got used to it again and had no grinds at all

[Turbo Nick]

oooo bugger, didn't realise it was that that had broken!

gonna have it ready for coombe?

[mini93]

ah yes it shall be done for combe, the housdings survives good few thousand miles, i think it was the angles i put on the pivot which over stressed the housing somewhat.
if i wasnt so lazy it could probably be done today but one of those feeling where im just a bit annoyed, at least the linkage itself didnt get damaged which is what i was worried about at 1st

[Turbo Nick]

thats good to hear then.

i keep getting tempted by one of those mech kits, they any good?

[mini93]

they make the clutch very heavy because they change the pedle ratio...its nice not having to bleed the clutch or worry about that kinda crap but when i was stuck in the traffic jam that was l2b my knee swelled up a tad, ordinarily its ok tho, not like im usualy on the clutch long enough for there to be an issue with it. I got mine for £55 from johnk ages ago on TM

[mini93]

got a better pic of the breakage today





mint!, rather annoying actualy but hey ho

also been to southam today and got a replacment housing and gasket...been told its not so easy getting the transmission housing out with the engine in...which i knew but we shall see if i can try it anyway.
what i did forget is that ill need to re-shim my drops, crossing everything its not far out tho. Better if its tight tho so i can just go at it with some wet n dry and take it down but we shall see i guess

[liirge]

couldn't you weld it? my mig welder can weld aluminium!

[mini93]

rather just replace it to be honest, then i know at least it wont bugger up in the future (as long as i set the linkage correctly)
the chunk of metal doesnt actualy go into the gap, like my must have twisted out with quite alot of force

[liirge]

Ahh I see must be gutting! surely to get the clearances correct on the idler gear, your going to have split box and engine?

[mini93]

well, southam said i should be able to (with alot alot of faffing) be able to get feeler gauges in between the crank, where the primary gear would go to check the clearance. Its lucky with SC drops it doesnt have to be as c*ck-on

Edited by mini93, 16 September 2010 - 11:47 PM.

[morley]

Looks nasty, just have to hope it doesn't happen again!

you can remove the housing with the engine in situe but it's very very tight for space, when i removed mine i had to undo the top engine steady bar and move it to one side, servo, washer bottle and remove both the engine mounts and take off the top rad bracket and push the rad inwards slightly and put a cloth in between to stop it fouling on the inner wings then jack it up on the clutch side as far as you can... oh and don't forget to drain the oil

hope to see it at coombe

[mini93]

got no servo or washer bottle or inner wings will work something out though even if the engine ends up just perched on the jack lifted up.

[GraemeC]

Don't forget to swap the outer race for the bottom bearing into the new housing too.

[mini93]

will the outer races be different?