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Jul 02, 2015 8:15 am
Jul 02, 2015 8:15 am
Subject: Re: 2ltr clutch
Now two more thoughts:
1. Greasing/oiling the floating pins in the clutch cover plate: attached photo shows their condition (after cleaning and sanding with fine paper). Some are nice some quite corroded. A common recommendation is to oil them instead of greasing (as originally intended, see the reprint of the instruction book). I am not sure if oiling is good because the lubricant has to reach the right place through the two radial holes bored in the first and third quarter on its length. If these holes by chance are facing down, oil will trickle in. If they are facing up, it will not. Grease under some pressure can be forced through. But of course it will go the easiest way, so if the play in the bush in the flywheel is large, much may go straight through the axial bore of the pin and leave via this bush. Greasing requires a special screw on greaser (5/16 BSF thread) make or buy?. Oil or grease?, comments welcome.
2. Driving plate: it is thin, so heats up very quickly. The one supplied by club spares, is it a special steel or would it make sense to find a better steel? Make it a little thicker (my old one is 2.5mm thick)?
(attached the clutch assembly photo, taken from the instruction book, for better understanding of the whole story)
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Now two more thoughts:
1. Greasing/oiling the floating pins in the clutch cover plate: attached photo shows their condition (after cleaning and sanding with fine paper). Some are nice some quite corroded. A common recommendation is to oil them instead of greasing (as originally intended, see the reprint of the instruction book). I am not sure if oiling is good because the lubricant has to reach the right place through the two radial holes bored in the first and third quarter on its length. If these holes by chance are facing down, oil will trickle in. If they are facing up, it will not. Grease under some pressure can be forced through. But of course it will go the easiest way, so if the play in the bush in the flywheel is large, much may go straight through the axial bore of the pin and leave via this bush. Greasing requires a special screw on greaser (5/16 BSF thread) make or buy?. Oil or grease?, comments welcome.
2. Driving plate: it is thin, so heats up very quickly. The one supplied by club spares, is it a special steel or would it make sense to find a better steel? Make it a little thicker (my old one is 2.5mm thick)?
(attached the clutch assembly photo, taken from the instruction book, for better understanding of the whole story)
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