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- Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:49 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Input shaft bearing advice please
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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...
- Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:04 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Input shaft bearing advice please
- Replies: 12
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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...
- Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:10 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Input shaft bearing advice please
- Replies: 12
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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 ...