dgrady77
Active Member
Well, it's been a while since I updated here. I had to do some creative work on the gearbox, but I think it's going to work. Two of the threaded holes for the four rods that hold the three parts of the case together were broken off. A PO had just ignored it and used gasket maker to glue the case parts together. It seemed to work pretty well, but I just couldn't leave it that way. I threaded some new rods and held them in place with some JB Weld. I also patched a few other places on the gearbox with the JB Weld. Once I put it all together, the JB Weld cracked. So I took it all apart, scraped off all the gasket maker again, and decided to aid the JB Weld with some cotter pins. Turns out, I should have positioned them a little differently, but I think everything is held together well enough. I hope so, anyway. There are still some parts that need to go on, including the alternator and clutch, but I put everything I had ready back on the frame. I'll probably get to work on the wheels/tires next and come back to some of the missing parts. I'll also have to figure out if buying new clutch plate corks is cheaper than drinking a bunch of cheap champaigne and cutting the corks myself. I know which would be more fun...
The broken hole on the outside:
The broken one on the inside of the case:
Glued in with gasket maker, and held in place with a cotter pin through the case and the rod. I should have put a second hole through it and bent the cotter pin through, so both ends were on the outside of the case. That would have made it more stable, but I'm not sure the pin was long enough. Instead, I covered the ends with more gasket maker to keep them from coming in contact with any moving parts.
Skipping the boring bits, here's the mostly complete gearbox on the frame
And last one for today, the chaincase, though it's mostly empty:
The broken hole on the outside:
The broken one on the inside of the case:
Glued in with gasket maker, and held in place with a cotter pin through the case and the rod. I should have put a second hole through it and bent the cotter pin through, so both ends were on the outside of the case. That would have made it more stable, but I'm not sure the pin was long enough. Instead, I covered the ends with more gasket maker to keep them from coming in contact with any moving parts.
Skipping the boring bits, here's the mostly complete gearbox on the frame
And last one for today, the chaincase, though it's mostly empty: