I actually ended up combining the two ideas - a long bolt with
a piece of metal flashing cut and then wrapped around the
bolt so it acted as a friction pin, an extra pivoting point and
a sacrificial surface to the threads (as well as removing some
slop). Doug's point is very well taken though and
Try real hard to find a bolt that has the unthreaded
section sufficiently long to keep the threads from
bearing much of the load. Using a threaded bolt
as a hinge pin or clevis pin can be a bad idea,
because
the threads will cut into the other parts and/or get
chewed up themselves.
If you feel li
Hi Jim,
It's been 4-5 years since I did the clutch in my '74 Spit, but I remember
having the same questions. The sleeve that you see in the catalog is what
holds the pin in. As I recall, it looked like a piece of lightly corrugated
metal that had been rolled into a cylinder. It slides into the
My Spitfire electrical system died last week. All three circuits have
continuity between each other. Most of the wiring is worn, and has been
patched a few times (there's a short section in the dash made up of interior
househol wiring), so this is a good time to upgrade. I was going to use a new
Jim,
This is easy, get a bolt from your local hardware store that is long enough
that it has +/- 2" of unthreaded shaft and is the correct size to fit in the
hole. I think the shaft is 1/4" or 3/8". Drop this in from the top and
then for additional safety thread a nyloc nut onto the end. The nu
I need some help! The Spitbits online catalogue shows a clutch pin
and a sleeve. It has been a long time since I looked at these parts
in person and I don't recall anything resembling a sleeve. Also I
don't recall exactly how the pin is held in place, whether it is by
friction to the fork pi
Today was a good day. Pulled the interior out of the Spitfire. As I
had suspected, the clutch pin is, like, gone, non-existent, vanished
completely. Which explains why the clutch was so wonky. The good
news is that it looks like I can install another without pulling the
gearbox out, somethi
