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bottom end is done, IE all machiening work etc to the block crank have been done, new bearings throughout and piston rings
unfortunatly, like i said the flywheels done for so iv splashed out on a new ultra light steel jobbie and new steel back plate
got my gearbox taken to southam mini and metro centre now, before i took it to them i, myself knocked out the layshaft from the casing...which was never the truer phrase of pain in the gash. Turns out the person who built my gearbox is a complete utter idiot.
On the layshaft there spost to be 2 needle roller bearings, exelent good design n stuff and good rolling rate etc etc...how ever, brass bushs...not to grear especialy as they can catch and scieze into the shaft its rotating around....so what kinda person replaces a bearing with a brass bush?? who knows but someone did.
As a result this is the kinda situation which arises, the copper bush is scized on the layshaft and the laygear is rotating around it, rather than the other way round which it should be, it the proves a pain to remove the layshaft from the casing because to direction your trying to knock it means the copper bush is butting up against a lip inside of the laygear...this is what happens to the shaft

remember what i was saying about resistance and friction and how brass simply doesnt cut it? more so when its rotating in the wrong place which is turn makes heat and..
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turns my lay gead blue!!! seriously hot

especialy with the cooling effect of the oil
problem being is that because its a jack knight dogbox they have changed laygear dimensions and so the usual needle rollers done fit in the smaller end. What they have done is to use a needle roller from a triumph but being jackknight wont divulge so they can sell the same bearing for more
luckily the other end is still same internal diameter and we can see the wonderfully designed needle roller


so whats needed to rebuild this box? well, new bearings throughout for various reasons and new layshaft. I also require a new differential and final drive so i have opted for a x-pin diff' and a 3.64 FD rather than the 3.77 which i had before (the pinion had teeth chipped from it and so i required a new one)
Iv bought new straight cut drop gears, southam are also checking the thrusts on there and doing them correctly

good of them

new crank, new transfer housing from alex cross...also nice of him

so as long as JackKnight stop twiddling there thumbs are get them to southam pronto will be back together soon. Southam say early next week but i think there being a little amditious going by JK standards

if uv stuck with me

Well done i felt like rambling