Sunday, I had an inspiration to do some work in the garage, despite the real winter in Minnesota hitting.
First off, the input shaft bearing is off safely. It just took a resting of said bearing on the vice, instead of clamping the beraing with the vice. Some swacks of the hammer, and it was off. I thought it would have required a gear puller or something. Second, the clutch is finally off. One of the Allen bolts rounded out, so I hammered a socket wrench bit onto it, and it unscrewed, thankfully without snapping. Otherwise, I would have been there all night. Third, the bellhousing was cleaned with gasoline. l poured the gas into a safe container, and it was black as used motor oil. Wow. The end result? The clutch was QUITE worn out. I could read the letters on the rivets, which were about 2 mm flush with the clutch surface. That's a relief that it was just plain wear & tear, and not an oil leak from its neighbors. No wonder this thing slipped as often as it did. Let's hope the Coventry clutch is as good as the blogger I wrote to said it was, since it's ordered. Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html === This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register === http://www.vtr.org === Help keep Team.Net on the air === http://www.team.net/donate.html === unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try === http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool === Other lists available at === http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo === Archives at http://www.team.net/archive === http://www.team.net/the-local === Edit your replies!
