Jersey Royal Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 (edited) Hi All, Got one of my mates Tr in my garage, we are carrying out a few jobs to his car, one of which is a poorly clutch. Gearbox came out yesterday and thought i would show you a picture of what absolute Bodges can be carried out clearly by those who havent a clue what they are doing The fork taper pin was totaly fractured and poped oyt without issue leaving 3/4 of it behind. Check out this weld !!!!!!!!!!!!!! What is the point of that Cheers Guy Edited April 13, 2013 by Jersey Royal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Hi Guy, this was probably welded insitu - either through a hole (have got a hole) or by slightly splitting the eng/gearbox and welding through the gap as a get you on your way type lash up. As you say - interesting weld. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jersey Royal Posted April 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Hi Guy, this was probably welded insitu - either through a hole (have got a hole) or by slightly splitting the eng/gearbox and welding through the gap as a get you on your way type lash up. As you say - interesting weld. Roger Roger, Interesting point, but no holes in Bell Housing. Petes going to have a look in the history file that came with it, which was quite extensive, see what comes up. The car was imported to the Rock recently , so one of you lot on the mainland is responsible for that New shaft and fork on its way, which will be fitted with a lapped in taper pin and secondary roll pin; Cheers Guy Flywheel is another... gearbox replaced 38 k ago Flywheell is crazed and cracked Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stoker Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Hi Guy Looks like my old mates "Bodgit & Scarper" have been at work again. I don't know whether it was on the forum I read the tip, but when I did mine I fitted 2 bushes each side in the bell housing where the shaft rotates. All the best John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jersey Royal Posted April 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Hi Guy Looks like my old mates "Bodgit & Scarper" have been at work again. I don't know whether it was on the forum I read the tip, but when I did mine I fitted 2 bushes each side in the bell housing where the shaft rotates. All the best John Hi John, There was one 10 mm wide split bush each side, we fitted bronze bushes about 1 inch long each side off the bell, lovely. We will be fitting an additional Roll pin into the fork /crosshaft Cheers Guy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dingle Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 I would guess that someone had a clutch disengagement problem, removed the trans., found that the fork pin was broken, and had no idea as to how to remove it. Quick,cheap and easy solution-weld the fork in place. Probably followed by "Let's sell the car to an exporter for an exhorbitant price, who will ship back to its place of birth (kind of a form of revenge)." Berry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kneeslider Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 Someone had done exactly the same thing to mine. I found that the bronze bush behind the release bearing was the wrong size (not long enough). Probably when someone had had the thing to bits, they fitted the wrong bush, but compensated for the difference by welding the fork to the crosh shaft. It took some diagnosing to find the problem, when I fitted a new clutch assembly, new cross shaft, and fork, then found that I still had no clutch disengagement! Had the gearbox in and out about 4 times before the penny dropped and I realised that the release bearing bush was the wrong one. Mine is a UK car, and has been here all its life, so some nameless bodge smith it responsible, I wonder if it was the same one? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jersey Royal Posted April 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 Someone had done exactly the same thing to mine. I found that the bronze bush behind the release bearing was the wrong size (not long enough). Probably when someone had had the thing to bits, they fitted the wrong bush, but compensated for the difference by welding the fork to the crosh shaft. It took some diagnosing to find the problem, when I fitted a new clutch assembly, new cross shaft, and fork, then found that I still had no clutch disengagement! Had the gearbox in and out about 4 times before the penny dropped and I realised that the release bearing bush was the wrong one. Mine is a UK car, and has been here all its life, so some nameless bodge smith it responsible, I wonder if it was the same one? You never know He could even be a visitor to this forum Cheers GUY Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kneeslider Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 So did yours have the wrong bush in it too? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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