Gearbox rebuild....

Hobot

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• Jun 29, 2013

• #41

Hm, cleaned up to look as good as my hammer'd out shell. Way to go and learning what can be done.

 

JohnTy

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• Jun 29, 2013

• #42

FastFred said:

Went into work this morning and got on bridgeport and lathe. That's a top hat that I have made for the lip seal; will need a tweak before fitting but going order a gearbox brg and bush recon kit and work out the brg depths first. More later..

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The PO must have had a hammer fetish I guess.
keep up the good work Fred.
JohnT

 

FastFred

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• Jun 29, 2013

• #43

It was some crowsh*t weld (and epoxy) I think, still haven't quite worked it out what the hell they did

 

FastFred

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• Jul 27, 2013

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Milled, pressed piece in, check bearing offsets and 3 stitch welds then JB weld. Ready for assembly. Not sure re paint finish, may strip off yet.

 

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bwolfie

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• Jul 27, 2013

• #45

Lovely work there. Elegent solution to PO's butchery. Glad to see another part saved rather than be binned.

 

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bwolfie said:

Lovely work there. Elegent solution to PO's butchery. Glad to see another part saved rather than be binned.

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+1

 

FastFred

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• Jul 28, 2013

• #47

Thanks, quite glad I persevered with it as I now keep my original gearbox number stampings.

 

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cjandme

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You made a quality piece there fastfred, ever think of offering them for sale here on the forum? Cj

 

FastFred

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Thanks. Assume last comment Cj was a joke? I had to machine out the old mess and light press that it in so it would need centralising and machine shop which is outside scope of most without access to machines. Best.

 

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cjandme

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Hey Fred, well I wasn't actually joking, but I guess I wasn't thinking it through either, as the mechine work for this is a bit involved. Cj

 

Hobot

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Congrats on nice touchy tedious recovery no one but us and you will get to see otherwise.

 

FastFred

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• May 23, 2014

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Well I finally got my bike through the mot test today and the gearbox changes gears well now it has oil in it. Thanks to Angie and Mick Hemmings who sold me a second hand gear cluster for only £100 which I mixed with mine and only needed buy one new gear.