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firula Mon Feb 12, 2018 7:41 am

firula wrote: BarryL wrote: Excess is above .012 so you could go further and fix it all later. Now did you check them fully pressed inward? If not, check again as they will read too big if not in all the way.

Oh thank you! I will check again and make sure they are fully pressed inward, also will try to find out some tool to get snap rings off, and have a better look.
Many many thanks!

Yes!!! 0.004'' right, 0.008'' left, measuring fully pressed inward! :D :D
I suppose it will last several years! (I'd hope so) :roll:

Starting assembling as soon as paint dry rock hard.
Although I think I painted it wrong. It should not be gloss but semi gloss I think. Oh well... :oops:

Thank you very much!

firula Tue Feb 13, 2018 10:07 pm

Someone hammered on the clutch lever onto the shaft... ](*,)

So I made a tool to extract it, because it was really tight...



Extraction wasn't so hard with the tool, but after that, I realize this person missed one thread, and put it wrong position... of course this could not contribute to get it in place softly... afterhand, hammering it was more appropriate...


They never had to use the c-clip :P

Moreover... that bushing is going to cost me a good headache.

Abscate Wed Feb 14, 2018 7:21 am

Ouch - that is truly a horrible piece of work.

firula Thu Feb 15, 2018 9:34 am

Hello everybody!

Next thing to fix ... differential drain plug. Someone attempted to open it with hammer and chisel... Looking at dents marks I think they failed...



I made this tool:



And also I made more room for the bolt head, hammering with a chisel: P, hammering a lot, this plug is hard!, tried to hit as unscrewing way, did not moved a bit.



I tried unscrewing...



Really hard ... it did not work out ... I heated it with gas torch for a while ...
Let it cold down ... tried again, nothing.
Heated again ... tried while still hot ... success !! :D :D



Oil drained was super dense... just as mud.

zozo Thu Feb 15, 2018 10:13 am

Wow. Nice job getting that one out.

Jimb0w Fri Sep 07, 2018 7:19 am

just read the whole post, amazing metal work ! low budget splitty is so rare now ! =)
Congrats !

vwpyro Mon Dec 09, 2019 2:07 am

just stumbled on this thread. Amazing work! If possible Please keep going!

Love love the creativity!

Yannvanh Tue Aug 29, 2023 1:38 pm

Any updates on this one Martin?



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