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by lokistail
Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:49 am
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: Input shaft bearing advice please
Replies: 12
Views: 2046

I'd better check her engine numbers as well then, I'm sure it was sold to us as an 850 (other than replacing the gearbox and dumping the Weber in favour of a sensible SU, I've never worked on it at all). I'd no idea they were rare at all - are they desirable? The Austin would be just as happy with a...
by lokistail
Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:04 pm
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: Input shaft bearing advice please
Replies: 12
Views: 2046

Hi Everyone, thanks for the info. Slightly embrassing, after having a better look it is a ribbed case box... I drained the cream fudge out of it, flushed it a kazillion times, and stuck some proper oil in. Not entirely quiet, but a whole heap better. Running it without the prop on, you can hear a sl...
by lokistail
Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:10 pm
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: Input shaft bearing advice please
Replies: 12
Views: 2046

Input shaft bearing advice please

Hi, have got an early (non-rib) box behind an 850 motor. Everything's fine apart from a bearing noise in neutral, but only when the clutch is out. There's enough free play to keep the thrust bearing clear (and anyway I think it would be a carbon one?), so I'm suspecting it's the input shaft bearing ...